Jones
Earns League Honor with 400 Meter Performance
Posted
4/17/06 3:22 PM
CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa -- Mount Mercy College junior Bryan Jones, who ran
a league-best :51.18 in the 400 meter dash at the Loras College
Midweek Invitational, was named Midwest Classic Conference Men's
Track Athlete of the Week for April 17.
Jones, an
MCC Track Athlete of the Week during the 2006 indoor season, finished
ninth in the 400 meters at Loras. He also placed sixth in the
200 meter dash with a time of :23.15.
Last week,
Liz Lange picked up her fourth league honor of the 2006 season
when she was named MCC Women's Track Athlete of the Week for April
10. The junior from Monticello was a top-five finisher in two
events at the Yellowjacket Classic hosted by Graceland University.
She was second with an MCC-best time of :12.80 in the 100 meter
dash and took third with a league-best :26.72 finish in the 200
meter dash.
The Mount
Mercy women's team competes at the Augustana College (Ill.) Invitational
Friday at 3:00 p.m. in Rock Island, Ill., while the men's squad
travels to Grinnell College for the Dick Young Classic Saturday
at 9:00 a.m.
