2013 Outdoor Track Women's Track Performer of the Week

April 2, 2013
Missy Norville - Illinois College
Senior - Batavia, Ill.

Norville won three events at the Washington University Invitational March 29-30 and two events at the Rhodes College Invitational on March 23. Norville was best in the 100-meter hurdles (14.19) and third in the 200-meter dash (25.48) at Washington University. She was second in the 100-meter hurdles (14.81) and third in the 200-meter dash (26.01) at Rhodes. She also won the long jump and triple jump at both meets. She currently ranks first in all of Division III in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump. She is second in the triple jump and 14th in the 200-meter dash.

April 9, 2013
Megan O’Grady - Carroll University
Senior - Niles, Ill.

O’Grady opened the 2013 outdoor track and field season by winning the 10,000 meter run at the Carroll University Invitational. O’Grady, a senior from Niles, Ill., clocked a 36:11.32 in the race, giving her the third best time in the country so far this season. O’Grady’s win helped the Pioneers earn a second place team finish.

April 16, 2013
Ofuma Eze-Echesi - Illinois College
Junior - Lagos, Nigeria

Eze-Echesi broke the Illinois College 400-meter dash record for the second week in a row, clocking a time of 59.06 seconds at the St. Louis University Invitational over the weekend. The time is the second-best in the Midwest Conference this year, and was good enough for seventh place. Eze-Echesi also finished 11th in the 200-meter dash (25.70) and helped IC’s 4x100-meter relay team (49.95) to a fifth-place finish. The IC women took fourth place out of 17 teams.

April 23, 2013
Michelle Matter - Ripon College
Senior - Sussex, Wis.

Matter won two of the more grueling events at Saturday’s St. Norbert Invite, as she helped the Red Hawks finish fourth out of nine teams at the meet. She won the 3K Steeple Chase with a time of 11:21.46, while also securing the top time in the 5K with a time of 18:20.38. Matter also ran a leg on Ripon’s fourth-place 4x400 relay team, which finished with a time of 4:37.31. 

April 30, 2013
Megan O’Grady - Carroll University
Senior - Niles, Ill.

O’Grady placed 18th overall in the 5k at the prestigious Gina Relays. The senior’s time of 17:15.67 was the 2nd overall Division III runner and earned her the top seed in the MWC. She now holds the best seed in the 5k and 10k. Nationally she ranks 22nd in the 5k and 12th in the 10K.

May 7, 2013
Michelle Matter - Ripon College
Senior - Sussex, Wis.

Matter won both the 3K and 3K Steeplechase at Saturday’s Carroll Invite. In the 3K, she finished with a new school record time of 10:28.84, while running a time of 11:06.59 in the 3K Steeplechase, which leads the MWC and ranks 18th in the nation in Division III.