CLEVELAND, Ohio – Danniel Thomas (Westmoreland, Jamaica) has been named the Mid-American Conference's Women's Field Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference office Tuesday afternoon.
Thomas, a 2016 Olympian, garners athlete of the week honors after winning the shot put at the EMU Triangular this past weekend. In what was her first competition of the 2016-17 season, Thomas recorded a mark of 17.5m (57' 5"), surpassing the automatic qualifying standard for the Indoor MAC Championship by over eight feet.
Thomas's mark is tied for the third-best mark in the nation so far this season and ranks first in the MAC by nearly four feet.