Poliquin Garners MVC Honors for Second Straight Week
05/01/2001 | 12:00:00 | Track and Field
April 25, 2001
Southern Illinois University Carbondale track and field star Caryn Poliquin extended her school record in the hammer throw by three more feet at Indiana State and for her efforts she was named Missouri Valley Conference Field Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week.
The senior from Gurnee, Ill., tossed the hammer 188-3 at the Pacemaker Invitational to extend the record she set the week before at the University of Arkansas by another three feet. For breaking her record she earned her first MVC Field Athlete of the Week award.
Poliquin came into the season as the record holder with a throw of 175-7 set last season. She also leads the team in the shot put (45-5 1/4), the discus (140-7) and tosses the javelin (99-8).