Gordon, Proffitt Earn Weekly Honors
January 26, 2012 by David Pickett
Filed under News
ASHEVILLE – Roberson’s Brooke Gordon and North Buncombe’s Sage Proffitt were named the WNCPrepTrack.com Female Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, the website announced Monday. Gordon logged in an indoor personal-best time of 5 minutes, 15.13 seconds in the 1,600-meter run, while Proffitt equaled her indoor personal best in the pole vault (11 feet, 6 inches).
TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK:
Brooke Gordon, TC Roberson (Jr. – 1600)
- Second Career Indoor Track Athlete of the Week Honor
- Fourth at the Eastern Challenge Meet
- Recorded a new personal best of 5:15.13 (fastest in WNC by 11 seconds.)
- Ranks No. 1 in WNC in the 1000m ( 3:08.20)
FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK:
Sage Proffitt, North Buncombe (Sr. – Pole Vault)
- Second Career Indoor Field Athlete of the Week Honor
- Won the Asheville Polar Bear Meet #2
- Equaled her personal best of 11’6″
- Ranks No.1 in WNC in both the pole vault and 500 (41.90)
