Jan. 13, 2016
- Big Ten Release
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- After posting the No. 2 women's pole vault mark in the NCAA this past weekend, junior Lexi Masterson (Jeannette, Pa.) has been named the Big Ten Women's Field Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference office Wednesday afternoon.
This is the first career award for Masterson. At the Penn State Relays (January 9), Masterson passed on the first four bars opting to enter the competition at 12'6.25" (3.82m), the junior from Jeannette, Pa. would clear four-straight bars with the final bar coming at a Penn State Relays and Penn State Indoor track and field record height of 13'6.25" (4.12m), erasing the old record of 13'5.5" (4.11m) set by Sarah Dougherty in 2004.
Masterson becomes the first Penn State Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week since Marlene Ricketts (Jan. 14, 2013).
The Nittany Lions host the Nittany Lion Challenge this Saturday (January 16) at the Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.
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