Posted: Apr 16, 2019
ASHLEY RYNARD OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a junior from Temple, Texas, has been named the SCAC Track Athlete of the Week for meets through Sunday, April 14th.
Rynard surged to the top of the SCAC in the 1,500 with a time of 4:41.86 on the Friday night portion of the UIW Invitational meet in San Antonio. She missed first place to a Division I runner by only .10. Meanwhile, the next day in the high winds, she battled to a second-place finish overall (to an unattached runner), and first collegiately against mainly Division I competition with a time of 2:15.88. She currently holds the top spot in that event at 2:15.86 - which is nearly three seconds ahead of the number two competitor in the 800 for the SCAC.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Senior Allysa Warling of Colorado College posted an outstanding performance in the 5k at the Wichita State Track Invite on Friday where she ran a 18:14.71 beating her previous best of 19:49. This placed her 11th in a NCAA Division II, junior college field and she is ranked second in the SCAC in the event. Sophomore Olive Pertiut of Trinity ran two new personal bests at the UCSD Triton Invitational. She doubled the 800/1500 with a 2:25.65 and 4:55.68. Freshman Anna Wilgenbusch of Dallas set personal-best times in both the 1500 (5:06) & 5k (18:54) this weekend at the East Texas Invitational. She finished 14th & fifth, respecitvely, in each event.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Senior Allysa Warling of Colorado College posted an outstanding performance in the 5k at the Wichita State Track Invite on Friday where she ran a 18:14.71 beating her previous best of 19:49. This placed her 11th in a NCAA Division II, junior college field and she is ranked second in the SCAC in the event. Sophomore Olive Pertiut of Trinity ran two new personal bests at the UCSD Triton Invitational. She doubled the 800/1500 with a 2:25.65 and 4:55.68. Freshman Anna Wilgenbusch of Dallas set personal-best times in both the 1500 (5:06) & 5k (18:54) this weekend at the East Texas Invitational. She finished 14th & fifth, respecitvely, in each event.
| SCAC Women's Track Athletes-of-the-Week | |
| Week 1 | Ashley Myers, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 2 | Abigail Bannon-Schneebeck, Trinity University |
| Week 3 | n/a |
| Week 4 | Megan Koch, Colorado College |
| Week 5 | Ashley Myers, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 6 | Molly McCullough, Trinity University |
| Week 7 | Andy Garza, Trinity University |
| Week 8 | Ashley Rynard, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 9 | |