Becca Schwan earns Liberty League Women's Track and Field Rookie of the Week honor

2016 Mar 2

Freshman Becca Schwan of the RIT women's track and field team was named the Liberty League Women's Track and Field Rookie of the Week on Monday, for the week ending Feb. 28, 2016. It is Schwan's first weekly honor.

Schwan was part of a record setting relay team and won an event at the 2016 NYSCTC Championships over the weekend. She was part of the distance medley relay team that finished third overall in a time of 12:13.55, smashing a nine-year old school mark by four seconds. In addition, Schwan won the 1,000-meter run, coming home in a time of 3:02.10. Schwan was also part of the 4 x 400-meter relay team that placed fourth in 4:08.16.