TOLEDO, Ohio – Toledo's Laura Nicholson was tabbed this week's Women's Track Athlete of the Week, the Mid-American Conference announced today.
Nicholson turned out two huge personal-best times to lead the Toledo women's track & field team at Michigan's Wolverine Invitational last Saturday. In her first indoor meet in the Midnight Blue and Gold uniform, Nicholson won the mile with a PR time of 4:41.74, which ranks fourth all-time for UT. The Cork, Ireland native also finished seventh in the 800m with a time of 2:12.06, which ranks sixth in UT's history.
Nicholson's mile and 800m times rank second and seventh, respectively, in the NCAA Great Lakes Region.