Simkins Named ACC Performer of the Week

Feb. 19, 2008

CORAL GABLES, <?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>Fla. – University of Miami junior Krista Simkins has been selected as the ACC Indoor Track Co-Performer of the Week.  She shares the honor with FloridaState distance runner Susan Kuijken.<?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>

Simkins was the top collegiate finisher in the 400-meters at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. over the weekend.  Her time of 52.86 is the top mark in the ACC and fourth-fastest time in the NCAA this year.

The All-American also competed as a member of the Hurricane’s 4X400-meter relay team that finished fourth at the meet.  Running the second leg, Simkins helped her team improve on their provisional mark set earlier this season with a 3:37.83 finish.

The University of Miami’s women’s track team returns to action February 28- March 1 at the ACC Championships in Chapel Hill, N.C.