NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

WINTER 2007-08
WEEK ENDING 12/9/07

TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

Ebony Barnes, New Jersey City University
Junior
Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth

Barnes earns NJAC Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honors after traveling to South Orange to compete at the Seton Hall Games held at the Richie and Sheila Regan Field House. She placed fourth in a field of 49 total competitors in the 200 meters with an ECAC qualifying time of 26.68. She also placed seventh in a field of 15 total competitors in the 500 meters with a time of 1:25.70. Barnes’ time in the 200 meters was the best of any Division II or III athlete in the meet.

FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

Kristen Tricocci, The College of New Jersey
Junior
Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson

Tricocci earns NJAC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honors after traveling to Princeton to compete in the Princeton University New Year Invitational contested in Jadwin Gymnasium. She opened her junior season by placing third in a field of 13 total competitors in the long jump with a leap of 5.30 meters. She also placed 11th in a field of 29 total competitors in the 300 meters with a time of 43.74. Tricocci’s leap in the long jump marked the best of any Division II or III competitor in the meet.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK  

Jan-Noi Jackson, New Jersey City University
Freshman
Lakewood, NJ/Lakewood

Jackson becomes the second consecutive Gothic Knight to earn NJAC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week honors after traveling to South Orange to compete at the Seton Hall Games contested in the Richie and Sheila Regan Field House. In the first meet of her collegiate career, she placed fourth in a field of 18 total competitors in the 60-meter hurdles with an ECAC qualifying time of 9.37 seconds. Jackson’s time in the event was the best of any Division II or III competitor in the meet.

PREVIOUS ATHLETES OF THE WEEK - WINTER 2007-08

  Track Athlete Field Athlete Rookie

Week 1

*Judline Tumson
Montclair State
Katelyn Reiter
Richard Stockton
Iris Wilcox
NJCU

Week 2

Ebony Barnes
NJCU
Kristen Tricocci
TCNJ
Jan-Noi Jackson
NJCU

* Indicates ECAC Athlete of the Week selection as well