UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State track & field's Kileigh Kane earned her second-straight Big Ten Women's Track Athlete of the Week award for her performance as the anchor leg in the Nittany Lions' record-setting DMR run this past weekend, the conference announced Wednesday.
Kane, a State College native, collects this week's honor thanks to her and her team's incredible 10:49.05 distance medley relay mark. The time broke the Penn State and Big Ten record in the event, and slotted in as the No. 7 time in collegiate history. Kane, herself, split a 4:33.42 in the mile as the anchor leg of the historic relay team.
The Penn State middle-distance runner earns her second career Big Ten weekly accolade, earning the Nittany Lions' seventh Big Ten weekly award of 2024. The four Women's Track Athletes of the Week earned by Penn State's squad are the most earned during an indoor season since the group also earned four during the 2010 indoor campaign.
PENN STATE'S 2023-24 BIG TEN TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS
Feb. 21 – Kileigh Kane – Mid-Distance – Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Feb. 14 – Kileigh Kane – Mid-Distance – Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Feb. 7 – Cheickna Traore – Sprints – Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Jan. 31 – Olivier Desmeules – Mid-Distance – Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Jan. 31 – Hayley Kitching – Mid-Distance – Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Jan. 24 – Hayley Kitching – Mid-Distance – Women's Indoor Co-Track Athlete of the Week
Jan. 17 – Cheickna Traore – Sprints – Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
LOOKING AHEAD
Penn State is set to compete in this weekend's Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships at the SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio on Feb. 23 and 24. With multiple top marks in the conference, the Nittany Lions aim to be among the top teams in the Big Ten and will contend for multiple titles across the two-day meet.