Marissa Coombs, Virginia Wesleyan, Jr., Mid-Distance

Marissa Coombs, Virginia Wesleyan, Jr., Mid-Distance

Coombs, a junior from Newtown, N.J., won a pair of races and posted two ODAC top-three times among four performances at the Captains Invitational. Coombs won the 800-meter dash with an ODAC season-best time of 2:20.52, defeating the next closest competitor by more than five seconds. That time also sits 21st in NCAA Division III. She also won the mile run with a time of 5:14.86. That is third-best in the league and currently 35th in the country. She won the event by more than four seconds. Coombs contributed to VWC's 4x400-meter and 4x800-meter relay teams, which finished second and fourth with times of 4:19.96 and 10:17.79, respectively.

Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week

Tajah Miller, Eastern Mennonite (So.)
Miller continued her strong early season performances at the Liberty Kickoff as she placed 40th overall in the 60-meter dash with a time of 0:08.08. That time is currently third in the ODAC and second in EMU history.

Sommer Fanney, Guilford (Jr.)
Fanney paced the Quakers in a largely D-I meet at the Wake Forest Invitational, posting a pair of top-30 times. She finished 23rd in the 800m run with a time of 2:31.38. She ranked 26th in the mile run at 5:46.77.

Natalie Deacon, Lynchburg (Sr.)
Deacon improved upon her 800m time at the Liberty Kickoff, finishing 10th at 2:20.72. Her converted time of 2:22.34 (due to track banking) ranks second in the ODAC. She also finished ninth in the 1000m run at 3:13.69.

Maggie Seybod, Washington and Lee (So.)
Seybold was the top D-III finisher in the mile run at the Liberty Kickoff. She posted a time of 5:05.90 to place fourth overall. Her converted time (due to track banking) of 5:08.11 is tops in the ODAC in 11th in NCAA Division III. 

*All times at the Liberty Kickoff for running events greater than 60-meters have been converted for NCAA and ODAC ranking due to the banking of the track. Times listed in the honor are from the athletes performances before conversions were applied.