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Franklin & Marshall's Swisher Selected Field Athlete of the Week

Franklin & Marshall's Swisher Selected Field Athlete of the Week

Rebecca Swisher, Junior, Franklin & Marshall
Pole Vault
Lititz, Pa. / Lancaster Catholic 

Swisher reset her own school record in the pole vault at the Marc Deneault Memorial Invitational hosted by Cornell on Saturday afternoon. She had the top height out of all the Divisioin III participants at 12'-5.5".

 

Notebook:

Dickinson sophomore Rikka Olson won the pole vault at the Susquehanna Crusader Open with a school record height of 3.50 meters (11' 5.75"). She broke her own previous mark of 3.45 (11' 3.75").

 

Previous Weekly Award Winners: 


February 16, 2015
Rikka Olson, Sophomore, Dickinson
Pole Vault
Harrisburg, Pa. / Bishop McDevitt

Olson cleared a height of 3.35 meters to place third in the pole vault at the Susquehanna Invitational on Saturday.


February 9, 2015
Rebecca Swisher, Junior, Franklin & Marshall
Pole Vault
Lititz, Pa. / Lancaster Catholic

Swisher took gold and reset the meet record in the pole vault with a height of 11'-11.25" at the Deschriver Invitational hosted by East Stroudsburg on Saturday afternoon.

 

February 2, 2015
Amanda Jimcosky, Sophomore, Dickinson
Jumps
Benton, Pa./Northwest Area

Jimcosky broke the school record on her way to tying for first in the high jump at the Bison Open hosted by Bucknell University. She cleared a height of 1.65 meters, eclipsing her own previous mark of 1.62m.



 

January 26, 2013
Alyssa Ward, Freshman, Franklin & Marshall
Jumps
Teaneck, N.J. / Tabor Academy

Ward reset the school record in the long jump to pace Franklin & Marshall at the Dutchmen Invitational hosted by Lebanon Valley on Saturday afternoon. Ward placed second in the long jump at 17'-0.75" and broke Kristen Marinaccio '13 school mark of 16'-8.5". She also took gold in the high jump at 4'-11.75".

January 19, 2015
Gwen Remaley, Freshman, Muhlenberg
Throws
Lehighton, Pa./Lehighton

Remaley broke the school record in the shot put in the first attempt of her career at Kutztown's Golden Bear Invitational. She ended up finishing in second place to a Division II conference champion. Remaley's new record throw of 41-8 1/2 is the third-best in Division III by a freshman this year.


 

December 8, 2014
Amanda Jimcosky, Sophomore, Dickinson
Jumps
Benton, Pa./Northwest Area

Jimcosky won the high jump and added a third and fifth place finish in the triple jump and long jump at the Ursinus Bow-Tie Classic. The sophomore cleared a height of 1.52 meters to win the high jump, and posted distances of 10.03 and 4.66 meters in the triple and long jump events.