{"id":66589,"date":"2019-02-05T16:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T23:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=66589"},"modified":"2019-03-01T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:34:20","slug":"webb-national-athlete-of-the-week-after-breaking-dii-800-meter-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=66589","title":{"rendered":"Webb national athlete of the week after breaking DII 800-meter record"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Skylyn Webb competes in the Colorado Running Company UCCS Invitational Dec. 8, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After breaking the NCAA Division II record in the 800-meter run last weekend, Skylyn Webb earned UCCS’ first indoor U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Athlete of the Week award. She also earned her second Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week award this season.<\/p>\n

Webb finished the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 4.68 seconds at the Colorado Invitational Feb. 2 in Boulder. Her time was nearly a second faster than the previous national record set by Cedarville University’s Carsyn Koch in 2017. With the altitude-to-sea level conversion to 2:03.87, Webb leads the Division II performance lists by almost one-and-a-half-seconds. Among all athletes in the three NCAA divisions, she has the third-fastest time.<\/p>\n

Webb was the NCAA Division II outdoor national champion in 2018 with a championship record time of 2:02.47, and competed at USA Track & Field National Championships.<\/p>\n

This week’s awards mark Webb’s second RMAC award this season, and the first time in program history that a Mountain Lion has earned national athlete of the week during the indoor season. Kayla Wooten was a two-time national runner of the week during the 2018 cross country season. A Mountain Lion has earned RMAC Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors for four consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n

Webb is one of seven Mountain Lions on the women’s team with a national provisional or automatic qualifying mark.\u00a0The UCCS women’s indoor track and field team is ranked sixth in the latest USTFCCCA national rankings.<\/p>\n

The Mountain Lions will host their final meet of the 2018-19 indoor season with the two-day Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open Feb. 8-9.<\/p>\n

–by Eric Mason, sports information director<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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