BIG EAST Men’s Track Athlete of the Week
Jack Salisbury, Georgetown, Graduate Student
Salisbury led a Georgetown sweep of the 800-meter run at the Virginia Invitational, snapping the tape in 1:49.37 for a personal best. The time leads the BIG EAST this season and ranks 27^th among all NCAA competitors.
 
BIG EAST Men’s Field Athlete of the Week
Travis Snyder, UConn, Sophomore
Snyder won the pole vault on Friday at the USF meet in Tampa, Fla., and did so by matching his PR in the process.  Snyder won with a height of 5.20 meters, also his top vault outdoors in his young UConn career.  He is currently 32nd nationally and No. 1 in the BIG EAST in the event.
 
BIG EAST Women’s Track Athlete of the Week
Carson Fields, Butler, Senior
Fields took the top spot in the 100-meters at the Redbird Invite in a time of 11.68. The time bested Field’s own Butler record-breaking finish in the event last weekend (11.88) at the Raleigh Relays and moved her to first in the conference for the event. It currently ranks 80^th nationally.
 
BIG EAST Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
Mackenna Orie, DePaul, Sophomore
Orie set a school record in the outdoor shot put at the Louisville Invitational. After setting a school standard in the indoor shot put at the Blue Demons' lone indoor meet earlier this spring, Orie posted a mark of 15.76 meters this weekend. Orie's record-breaking throw shattered the previous DePaul mark by more than a half meter, and not only leads the BIG EAST currently but is 51^st nationally. Orie also recorded an impressive distance in the discus at 49.07m, which ranks second in the BIG EAST and 87^th nationally.
 
Around the BIG EAST

• – competed at the Redbird Invitational in Normal, Ill.; Tom Pitkin set a Butler record in the 400m-H (52.70) while Karmen Koch snapped the Bulldogs’ standard in the javelin (38.28m)
• UConn – competed at the USF Invite in Tampa, Fla., and the Wilton Wright Invitational (New Haven, Conn.); performances which rank among NCAA leaders include: Noah Woodman, 400m (46.60, 28^th); Stephen Sutton, 800m (1:49.60, 31^st); Mahamed Sharif, 800m (1:50.36, 55^th); men’s 4x400 relay (3:12.50, 69^th); Safir Scott, triple jump (15.76m, 21^st); Matthew Brady, shot put (17.01m, 96^th); Shanelle Colmon, 400m (55.29m, 98^th), Zayin Roe, triple jump (12.33m, 74^th); Chanell Botsis, hammer (61.09m, 38^th)
• competed at the Louisville Invitational – along with Mackenna Orie, Kyle Mastrangeli set a school record in the 100m with a  time that ranks among the best nationally this season (10.38, 35^th) – the time snapped a record which had been on the books for 38 years
• Individual event wins from Salisbury, Sami Corman and Joshua Paige highlighted a successful outing for Georgetown at the Virginia Invitational – Corman finished the 800m in 2:079.4 (51^st in NCAA) and Paige posted a 21.68 in the 200m
• opened its outdoor season at the Redbird Invitational; newcomers Julian Wright and Juru Okwaramoi collected freshman records in the 400m (47.97) and 100m hurdles (14.57), both of which are also top-10 program marks.
• At the Big 5 Meet at Franklin Field, Villanova’s Grayce French broke her own school record in the discus with the 54^th-best mark in the NCAA this season (50.90m); Malik Cunningham shined in the triple jump (14.86m, 86^th in NCAA), Clayton Roschell impressed in the high jump (1.75m, 35^th) and Ashley Preston excelled in the pole vault (3.95m, 67^th)
• posted 12 top-10 finishes on Saturday afternoon in the program's season-opening meet at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational, including PRs and top-five finishes for Courtney Klatt (1,500m; 4:34.88) and Brady Harless (3,000m-steeplechase; 9:19.93)