Wednesday, May 4, 2016

TRACK: Alexandra-Garbarino Herman Named Heart Athlete of the Week


BALDWIN CITY, Kan. – Baker University junior track & field athlete Alexandra Garbarino-Herman picked up her first Heart of America Athletic Conference Women’s Athlete of the Week award this week after her impressive showing at Baker’s Zach Kindler Wildcat Open on Saturday.

The Garnett, Kansas native took first place in the women’s 100m hurdle and 400m hurdle events.

In those two events she hit the B Standard time qualifying her for the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships.

She finished the 100m hurdles in a time of 14.91m, while she took first in the 400m hurdles in a time of 1:04.57.

Garbarino-Herman and the rest of her teammates will compete in Des Moines, Iowa this Friday and Saturday in the Heart of America Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

The BU men’s team is in search of its sixth-straight outdoor title, while the women look for their fifth-straight conference championship.






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