Enumclaw Native Earns Track And Field Award

From RPI Athletics: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Jillian Salkind of Enumclaw 98022 has been selected by the Liberty League as the Field Performer of the Week, it has been announced.

A junior, Salkind (Enumclaw HS) was recognized after winning the high jump with a height of 1.62 meters at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational and Multi, a multi-divisional, non team scoring meet hosted by Ithaca College, She reached the winning height on her fifth attempt and went on to defeat 25 others in the event. The high jump was Salkind's only event in the meet.

Saturday's meet was the fifth for the Engineers and fifth for Salkind, who has finished no lower than third place four times. She was seventh in the season opener on December 2 and then came in third at Middlebury in mid-January, second at Ithaca the following week and second at Middlebury on January 27. Her season-high height is 1.63 meters, which she accomplished at the Middlebury Invitational two weeks ago.

Last season, Salkind, a nuclear engineering major, competed in the high jump and long jump. She was victorious in the high jump three times, including the Liberty League Championship, and runner-up twice. She was the Liberty League Field Performer of the Week twice.

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