Sun and Pitman Honored by ECAC
Stevens Institute of Technology's Ravi Sun and Ithaca College's Katherine Pitman have been honored as the Corvias Eastern College Athleteic Conference (ECAC) Division III Athletes of the WEek in the Upstate region for their preforman during the week of Jan. 18-24, 2016.
Men’s Swimming & Diving of the Week – Upstate
Swimmer of the Week
Ravi Sun – Stevens Institute of Technology, Sr., Arkadelphia, Ark.
Sun collected four first-place showings (three individual, one relay) in a dual-meet loss to No. 5 TCNJ. He swam the lead leg in the first-place 200-yard medley relay which set a Schaefer Center Pool record (1:33.51). Individually, the senior placed first in the 100-yard backstroke (51.74), 200-yard backstroke (1:54.41) and the 200 individual medley (1:56.14).
Women’s Indoor Track & Field – Upstate
Athlete of the Week
Katherine Pitman – Ithaca College, Jr., Swampscott, Mass.
Pitman won the pole vault at Cornell's Upstate Challenge with a mark of 3.90 meters (12 feet, 9.5 inches), which is the top height in all of NCAA Division III and surpasses her previous school-record performances of 3.80 meters set earlier this year.