Murray State University Athletics
Lawrence, Main Take Home OVC Honors
4/3/2019 11:09:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
For the second time this year and the first time in the outdoor season, the Murray State track and field team have swept the OVC weekly awards. Tamdra Lawrence claims the Track Athlete of the Week while Aubrey Main brings home the Field Athlete of the Week.
Both athletes were in Texas over the weekend as Main competed at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational and Lawrence competed at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays as well as the Bobcat Invite.
Lawrence earned a trio of top five finishes at the Bobcat Invitational last weekend. She took third in the 100 meters with a time of 11.70 which is the best in the OVC this year and is 39th in the NCAA East Region. The senior also took fourth out of 87 runners in the 200 meters with a league-best time of 23.91. The time is also 44th in the NCAA East Region. She was part of the 4x400-meter relay team that took third with a time of 3:54.57 and ran the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay that posted an OVC best time of 46.98.
This is the second time Lawrence has taken home the honor this season as she won Indoor Athlete of the Week on February 13.
Main was the top collegiate finisher in the heptathlon at the Bobcat Invitational. She finished second overall with a total of 4,789 points which ranks first in the OVC and sixth in the NCAA East Region. In the heptathlon, she won the 800m. Main was also the overall champion in the high jump with a mark of 1.70m which is second in the OVC this year.
The Racers have now won three of a possible six weekly awards in the outdoor season as Hilary McAdam won track athlete of the week on March 20.
Lawrence, Main and the rest the Racers will have the weekend off before returning to action April 12 for the Austin Peay Invite.
