NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

SPRING 2008
WEEK ENDING 3/30/08

TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

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

Barnes earns NJAC Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honors after traveling to College Park, MD to compete at the University of Maryland Terrapin Invitational. She placed third in a field of 37 competitors in the 100 meter dash with a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 12.15. She also placed fourth in a field of 42 competitors in the 200 meters with a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 25.25. Barnes was the top Division III finisher in both events.

FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

Stephanie Aromando, Richard Stockton College
Junior
Newton, NJ/Kittatinny

Aromando becomes the second consecutive Osprey to earn NJAC Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week honors after traveling to Chester, PA to compete at the Danny Curran Invitational hosted by Widener University. She placed first in a field of 25 competitors in the hammer throw with an ECAC qualifying mark of 44.18 meters. She also placed 17th in a field of 30 competitors in the discus with a throw of 28.80 meters. Aromando also placed 21st in a field of 29 competitors in the shot put with a mark of 8.59 meters.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK  

Kristen Klemic, Ramapo College
Freshman
Somers Point, NJ/Mainland Regional

Klemic earns NJAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week honors after traveling to West Point, NY to compete at the Dick Shea Open hosted by the United States Military Academy. She placed first in a field of 12 competitors in the 100 meter dash with a school-record and ECAC qualifying time of 12.92. She also placed fourth in a field of 16 competitors in the 200 meters with a school-record and ECAC qualifying time of 26.34. Klemic also posted an eighth place finish in the javelin with a throw of 24.53 meters.

PREVIOUS ATHLETES OF THE WEEK - SPRING 2008

  Track Athlete Field Athlete Rookie

Week 1

Katelyn Reiter
Richard Stockton
*Rachel Joseph
Richard Stockton
Victoria Barden
Richard Stockton

Week 2

Ebony Barnes
NJCU
Stephanie Aromando
Richard Stockton
Kristen Klemic
Ramapo

* Indicates ECAC Athlete of the Week selection as well