Bulls Snare Pair of MAC Athlete of the Week Awards
3/21/2012 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
BUFFALO, NY – University at Buffalo athletes Erin Miller and Miles Lewis have been selected as the Mid-American Conference's Women's Field and Men's Track Athlete of the Week award winners, the league announced its selections from its Cleveland headquarters this morning.
Miller, a junior thrower from Lockport, NY, placed second at the season-opening Wake Forest Open on March 17 in the women's hammer throw with a toss of 181-2 (55.21m), setting a personal-best mark adding 2.5 meters to her top throw. She was the highest Division I finisher in the field of 47 athletes, finishing behind Findlay's Jessica Rowland. Miller also finished 10th in the women's discus with a throw of 130-7 (39.81m).
Lewis, a sophomore from Coram, NY who joined the men's track program in January after competing at Long Island University, led the men's squad at the Wake Forest Open. He turned in a third-place finish in the 200-meters in 21.57 and also placed ninth in the 100-meters in 10.75. Lewis also helped the men's 4x100-meter relay squad to a fourth-place showing in 41.32 as he ran the third of four legs in the event. Joining Lewis on the foursome were Tomarris Bell, Andre Britton and Brian Archie.
More than 1,000 athletes competed at the Wake Forest meet.
The Bulls are next in action at the Toledo Collegiate Challenge on March 31.
