April 21, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - Senior UCF middle-distance runner Karen Kozub (Alden, N.Y.) has been named the Knights' Athlete of the Week for her strong performances at the Vanderbilt Invitational this past weekend, as decided by the team's coaching staff on Monday.
Kozub ran the second-fastest 1,500-meter time in school history on Friday night in Nashville. That came a week after qualifying for regionals and coming three one-hundreths of a second shy of the school record in the 800-meter run.
Kozub finished the 1,500 meter in a personal-best time of 4:37.78, which made her just the second athlete in school history to eclipse the 4:40 plateau in the 1,500-meter run.
Following each week of competition, head coach Caryl Smith Gilbert and her staff will nominate an athlete to be the school's track and field athlete of the week based on the previous weekend's meet. That athlete will then be eligible to be considered for the Conference USA Athlete of the Week award, announced each Tuesday afternoon by the C-USA office in Irving, Texas.
Team Notebook: The UCF track and field team participated in the two-day Vanderbilt Invitational in Nashville, Tenn., this past week amid cold and rainy conditions ... The weekend's highlights included four personal-best marks or times by the Knights, one school record in the 4x100-meter relay and a top-two all-time individual school finish by senior Karen Kozub in the 1,500-meter run ... UCF returns to action this weekend when it travels to Philadelphia to compete in the prestigious Penn Relays.
Recent Results
Competition: Vanderbilt Invitational
Dates: Friday-Saturday April 18-19
City: Nashville, Tenn. (Vanderbilt Track and Field Complex)
Placing of Teams/Score: No Team Score
Upcoming Events
Competition: Penn Relays
Dates: Wednesday-Saturday April 23-26, 2008
City: Philadelphia, Penn. (Franklin Field)
Live Stats: www.thepennrelays.com
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