COLONIA, NJ – Graduate student Brynn King was named the East Coast Conference (ECC) Field Athlete of the Week while fellow graduate student Kylee Odell and freshman Madelyn Rutledge earned spots on the ECC Weekly Honor Roll.

King started the season in impressive fashion with a win in the pole vault at the Haynes-Lancaster Open meet at the University of Akron. She passed on heights until the 14' 3 ¼ mark and cleared the bar on her second attempt and then cleared the 14' 9" height for her final result. The first-place finish and height is the current No. 1 mark in NCAA Division II this season and is also 7.75 inches above the top NCAA Division I mark of the season.

Odell had the top performance for the Redhawks at the season-opening Grand Valley State meet over the weekend. Odell finished 11th overall in the Mile with her time of 5:04.26. The time is the No. 1 mile time in the East Region by more than 27 seconds. 

Rutledge started her college career with a pair of impressive finishes in the long jump and triple jump at the season-opening meet at Houghton University over the weekend. She won the triple jump with a final distance of 10.74 meters (35' 3") and was second in the long jump with a leap of 5.20 meters (17' ¾").