TOLEDO, Ohio - Senior Petronela Simiuc was named the Mid-American Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week, the league announced today.
The Bacau, Romania native broke Toledo's all-time record in the mile for a second time this season, stopping the clock at 4:34.59 to place fifth at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass. on Friday. Simiuc's time is a new Mid-American Conference record and a four second improvement on Toledo's previous record of 4:38.40, which she set on Jan. 24, at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, Mass. Simiuc earned MAC Track Athlete of the Week honors on Jan.