LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference released its Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week. For the women, Shippensburg's Sasha Lee (Track) and East Stroudsburg's Samiyah Little (Field) were honored. For the men, California's Marlin Davis is Track Athlete of the Week while East Stroudsburg's Cole Gorham was selected as Field Athlete of the Week.
Women's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week
Sasha Lee
Shippensburg
Hurdles / Jumps
Senior
Philadelphia, Pa. / Saint Basil Academy
Lee matched her season best in the 60-meter hurdles by running 8.99 seconds in prelims and then improved to 8.96 seconds in finals on Friday night at the Bucknell Tune-Up, finishing second to Lehigh's Shelby Dejana in an entertaining race. It puts Lee atop the conference leaderboard in the event, .01 seconds ahead of IUP's Bryna Kelly, who ran 8.97 Friday night at Penn State's Tune-Up meet. Lee had an extremely busy night between the two hurdles races and competition in both jumps but performed admirably in all three events. She only made three attempts in each jump (no attempts in either final) but made the most of them – her first attempt in the triple jump was her only valid mark but it set a season best and was a NCAA provisional qualifier of 38 feet, 8 ¾ inches (11.80 meters). It affirms Lee's No. 2 spot on the league leaderboard in the event. She also took second in the long jump with a solid mark of 17 feet, 11 ½ inches (5.47 meters) that came on her third attempt.
Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Samiyah Little
East Stroudsburg
Throws
Senior
Williamsport, Pa. / Williamsport Area
Little once again broke her school record in the weight throw and achieved an NCAA provisional mark with 18.18 meters (59 feet 6.75 inches), which now ranks her No. 20 in Division II.
Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Marlin Davis
California
Sprints
Junior
Indian Land, S.C. / Indian Land
Davis reached a pair of NCAA provisional qualifying marks and broke his own school record in the 60-meter dash at the Penn State Tune-Up on Friday. He won the finals of the 60 meters with a time of 6.74 seconds to improve his school record by four-hundredths of a second. Davis placed second in the 200-meter dash with a league-leading time of 21.46 seconds on Friday. The South Carolina native also sits second on the conference performance list in the 60 meters by only one-hundredth of a second.
Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Cole Gorham
East Stroudsburg
Throws
Senior
Kingston, Pa. / Wyoming Valley West
At the Bucknell Tune-Up, Cole Gorham broke his own school record in the shot put with a new distance of 18.60 meters (61 feet, ¼ inch), the third-best throw in all of Division II.