Feb. 6, 2008

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (February 6, 2008) - A pair of Sacred Heart women's indoor track & field athletes took home Northeast Conference Athlete of the Week honors announced on Tuesday. Senior Marsha Locke (Danbury, CT) was named the Field Athlete of the Week while sophomore Sarah Tencza (Succasunna, NJ) was the Track Athlete of the Week.

Locke, who has been a steady force throughout the entire season for Sacred Heart, claims her first NEC weekly honor this season on the heels of her two throwing victories at this past weekend's Dartmouth Indoor Classic. Locke won the weight (16.20m) and the shot (14.42m), claiming both victories with throws that qualify the senior for the ECAC Championships in March. Her shot mark is second-best in the NEC, only two centimeters off the leading throw.

Tencza used the Yale Giegengack Invitational as her venue to post the top 1000-meter time in the NEC. The SHU sophomore clocked in at 2:59.94, less than three seconds short of the meet title and an ECAC-qualifying mark.