Louisville Track and FieldÂ’s Michelle Theophille Earns BIG EAST Honor

This is the first BIG EAST honor of Michelle TheophilleÂ’s career.

 

January 17, 2012

 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville women’s track and field’s Michelle Theophille was named the BIG EAST Female Field Athlete of the Week, league officials announced Tuesday.

 

Theophille, collecting her first career weekly honor, earned a second-place finish in the high jump at the Kentucky Invitational by clearing 1.79m/5-10.50 on her first attempt. Not only is it the fourth-best indoor high jump mark in school history, but it is second best in the BIG EAST and tied for eighth-best nationally.

 

A Whitby, Ontario, native, Theophille earned her first win of the year at the season-opener, clearing 1.77m/5-9.75 for a first-place finish at the Indiana Open.

 

Louisville returns to action this weekend at the Gladstein Invitational from Jan. 20-21 in Bloomington, Ind. The two-day event will be held at Gladstein Fieldhouse on the campus of Indiana University.

 

For all of the latest information on Louisville cross country and track and field, log on to UofLsports.com, or, for up-to-the-minute updates, follow the team's Twitter account at www.twitter.com/louisvilletrack.

 

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Ira Green, (502) 852-4857

Ira.Green@louisville.edu