Track Athlete of the Week
Chay’La Rivers / Jr / St. Mary’s College of Maryland / Baltimore, Md. / Reach! Partnership School
Chay'La Rivers took 15th in the 60m hurdles at the St. Thomas Aquinas Spartan Invitational with a school record time of 9.58, which leads the conference and ranks eighth in the Mid-Atlantic region. Rivers posted a time of 8.42 in the 60m dash, which is good for second in the league and 33rd in the region. She also clocked a 28.13 in the 200m to rank third in the United East and 41st in the Mid-Atlantic. Rivers notched a distance of 4.49m in the long jump to sit second in the league and 45th in the region.
This is the first indoor Athlete of the Week award for Rivers, who was the gold medalist in the 60m Hurdles in the 2024 United East Indoor Championships.