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Wright State's Grant, UIC's Banks, Detroit's Leahy, Bayles Named to #HLTF Weekly HonorsPublished by
INDIANAPOLIS – Detroit sophomore Ryan Leahy (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Wright State senior Kacia Grant (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) have been named Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Runners of the Week while UIC junior Jordan Banks (Struthers, Ohio) and Detroit sophomore Ashley Bayles (Adrian, Mich.) have been named Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Athletes of the Week for the period of Jan. 6-12. Leahy registered a personal best time of 8:40.64 in the 3,000 meter run at the EMU Triangular. His time, converted to 8:34.66, was good for a first-place finish in the field of 14 runners. Detroit competed against host Eastern Michigan, Michigan and Detroit. Competing against six teams at the Buckeye Classic, the Raiders finished in third-place. Grant placed second and third in the 200-meter dash (26.14 seconds) and the 60-meter dash (7.79 seconds), respectively. Grant was also a part of the 4x400 relay team that placed third. At the Lewis Open, Banks took home a first-place finish in the long jump and a second-place finish in the triple jump. His long jump of 6.83 meters was good for a .01 meter victory over teammate Seyi Ogunleye. In the triple jump, the Bolingbrook, Ill. native entered finals as the No. 1 seed with a mark of 14.40 meters. In the finals, Banks registered a distance of 12.89 meters, good for second-place. Bayles registered a personal best and a top-13 weight throw distance in school history at the EMU Triangular. In the event, her mark of 14.38 meters was good for a six-place showing. In the shot put, her throw of 12.86 meters placed third. Both marks rank top-three in the Horizon League this season. Detroit returns to action Jan. 17 at the Simmons-Harvey Invite in Ann Arbor, Mich. Wright State travels to Bloomington, Ind. for the Gladstein Invitational Jan. 23-24 while UIC travels to Milwaukee, Wis. on Jan. 23 for the Milwaukee Triangular.
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