Northwest Missouri State University freshman
Luisarys Toledo (Valencia, Venezuela) has been named the MIAA's women's indoor track athlete of the week.
Toledo captured first-place honors in the 400m at the Jayhawk Classic. She had a time of :55.75 that converts to 55.02. The 55.02 ranks as the second-best time in the nation this year.
Toledo anchored the women's 4x400 relay that wrapped up the competition with a blazing second-place finish in a time of 3:47.64 for the second-fastest clocking in the program's indoor history. The Kansas "A" squad won the event with a time of 3:47.29 – edging out the Bearcat quartet by 35-hundredths of a second. Toledo ran the final 400 leg in an incredible time of :54.931 to push past Lincoln for second place. The Bearcat time is converted to 3:44.66, which ranks as the second-best time in the nation this year.