Long And Knippen Earn A-Sun Honors
April 30, 2008 | Track & Field
MACON, Ga. – After a busy weekend that saw the Gardner-Webb men's and women's track and field teams take 11 first-place finishes at the Radford Invitational, rookie Carrie Long and senior Matt Knippen picked up the Atlantic Sun Conference Athlete of the Week awards, as announced by the league office Wednesday afternoon.
Long, a native of Franklin, N.C., became the first female freshman to win an Athlete of the Week award this year, splitting her efforts between the pole vault and the 200-meter dash, winning titles in both. In the pole vault she cleared a height of 3.35m (10'11.75") and in the 200 meters she cruised to a season-best time of 26.65.
Knippen, a senior health and wellness major from Ottoville, Ohio, earned three top-six finishes at the Radford Invitational, highlighted by winning the shot put with a season-best mark of 15.69m. He placed third in the discus with a toss of 41.66m and sixth in the hammer throw with an effort of 47.55m.
The Bulldogs will take part in the Liberty Twilight Meet, which
is in Lynchburg, Va., tomorrow. It marks the last meet GWU will
participate in until the A-Sun Championships.
