Outdoor Track Members Receive Top Honors From Atlantic 10 Conference

PHILADELPHIA - Temple's outdoor track and field teams were honored this week

with graduate student Rob Lythgoe and sophomores Robert Leite-Young and Naomi

Beverly receiving top honors from the Atlantic 10 Conference after competing

this past Saturday, April 21. This is the fourth time this season that the

Owls have received honors from the conference.

Robert Lythgoe was named men's Performer of the Week after posting the fastest

mark in the conference at the Widener Invitational. He completed the

1,500-meters run with a time of 3:46.85, making it a IC4A-qualifing time.

This is the second time this year that Lythgoe has been chosen as performer of

the week. He first earned this honor on December 13 for winning the mile run

at the Princeton Invitational during indoor competition (4:16.76).

Naomi Beverly earned women's Performer of the Week after winning the 100

meters (12.10) and 200 meters (24.79) at the Towson University Invitational.

Beverly was also part of the 4x100m relay team that finished first with a time

of 47.23. All of these marks are ECAC-qualifying times. This is her second

Performer of the Week honor. The first occurred on March 24 at the Quaker

Invitational when she placed first in the 200 meters (25.28) and second in the

100 meters (12.47).

Robert Leite-Young was chosen as men's Rookie of the Week after winning both

the triple jump (43-7.75) and long jump (20-10) events at the Towson

University Invitational. These distances register the fourth and eight best

marks in the conference. This is his first Rookie of the Week honor.

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