For immediate release – 1/16/2007 - #159 Holmes and Funderburke Earn ODAC Athlete of the Week Honors
SALEM, VA – Lynchburg College seniors Ryan Holmes (Glen Allen, VA/J.R. Tucker) and Sarah Funderburke (Fredericksburg, VA/Courtland) each earned Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors for the week of January 15.
Holmes provisionally qualified for national competition Friday as Lynchburg competed at the two-day Virginia Tech Invitational. He leaped 47’6 1/2" in the triple jump.
Funderburke recorded impressive times in three events over the weekend at Virginia Tech. She ran a 60.37 in the 400-meters, a personal best, finished the 500 meters in 1:21.99, and completed the 200-meter dash in 27.34.
The Hornets are back in action Friday and Saturday at Marietta College (OH).
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