Austin Peay Sports Information
Brentwood, TN – Sophomore jumper Kaylnn Pitts has been adidas® / Ohio Valley Conference Female Field Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced Wednesday.
The Woonsocket, RI, native has ascended to the top of the lists in the Ohio Valley Conference, leading the league in the triple jump and ranking third in the long jump entering the weekend.
She’s tied for 13th in the triple jump and 49th in the long jump in the region, and is 24th nationally in the triple jump. She and her Lady Gov teammates will compete this weekend at the Memphis Tiger Invitational.
This is Pitts’ third weekly honor this month from the OVC office – she won the award April 1st and shared the April 15th honor with Tennessee State’s Amber Hughes. Overall, an Austin Peay track or field athlete has won a weekly honor nine times in 2015.
