Indiana/Iowa Earn Weekly Women’s Indoor T&F Awards



Women’s Track Athlete of the Week

Jenny Kimbro, Iowa

Jr. – Catlin, Ill. – Salt Fork

• Won the 60-meter hurdles at last week’s Jimmy Grant Invitational, with her time of 8.34 seconds good for third in the nation this year and third-fastest in meet history

• Also ran the first leg of Iowa’s 4x400-meter relay, which finished third in 3:53.93

• Received Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2017-18

• Earns her first career Indoor Track Athlete of the Week award

• Last Iowa Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week: Briana Guillory (Feb. 7, 2018)

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week

Leah Moran, Indiana

Jr. – Stillwater, N.Y. – Academy of Holy Names

• Earned wins and set personal bests in the long jump (6.16 meters) and triple jump (12.97 meters) at last week’s Hoosier Open

• Ranks second in the nation in the triple jump and third in the long jump this season

• Garnered Academic All-Big Ten recognition in 2017-18

• Collects her first career Indoor Field Athlete of the Week award

• Last Indiana Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week: Khayla Dawson (Dec. 13, 2017)

2018-19 Big Ten Women’s Indoor Track & Field Weekly Honors

Dec. 12

T: Jenny Kimbro, Jr., IOWA

F: Leah Moran, Jr., IND


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