Quincy McSweeney

  • Award
    Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    12/4/2018
  • Sport
    Women's Indoor Track & Field
  • School
    McKendree
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Mid-Distance
  • Hometown
    Eureka, IL
  • High School
    Eureka
McKendree University senior middle distance runner Quincy McSweeney and Lewis University senior sprinter/jumper Cierra Pulliam have been named the first Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for the 2018-19 season, it was announced by the Conference office Tuesday. 


WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Quincy McSweeney, McKendree
Sr., Middle Distance, Eureka, Illinois
Major: Biology, Education
Team Competition:  NTS, Vanderbilt Home Opener

 
  • Broke McKendree’s 20-year-old mile record with a time of 4 minutes, 57.50 seconds
  • Effort eclipsed her personal best by more than 10 seconds and achieved an NCAA provisional mark
  • Time is currently the top mark in NCAA Division II and sixth across all divisions
  • Earns third career GLVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honor (12/13/16, 12/12/17)
  • Last McKendree Indoor Track Athlete of the Week: Quincy McSweeney (12/12/17)