Figueroa and Njoku Named Empire 8 Athletes of Week
Houghton junior Alyssa Figueroa has been named the Empire 8 Track Athlete of the Week and Stevens Institute of Technology freshman Gladys Njoku has been named the Field Athlete of the Week for the week ending March 24.
Figueroa took top honors in the 100-meter dash at the outdoor Battleground Invitational at University of Mary Washington. Figueroa ran a time of 12.78 in the preliminaries to best the field of 22 runners. In the finals she clocked a 12.67. She was also a member of the women's 4x100, 4x200 and 800 meter sprint medley relays.
Njoku posted a school record and ECAC mark in the high jump with a cleared bar of 1.58 meters at the Richard Stockton College Invitionatl to take first in the event out of twelve competitors. She earned the same honor during the indoor season on January 21.