LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - Senior Mary Dell was named the PSAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon by conference officials after achieving an NCAA automatic qualifying performance in the steeplechase last Friday at the Washington & Lee Invitational.

Dell ran the 3,000-meter event for the first time in her career on a frigid Friday night and responded with an automatic qualifying time of 10:38.73 to highlight a strong night of competition for the Lady Raiders.

Dell broke the SU record in the event by more than 46 seconds. A hurdler and sprinter in high school, Dell demonstrated her incredible athletic prowess by posting a time that is just 15 seconds off the 2009 national championship pace of Southern Indiana's Mary Ballinger. Dell's effort is more than seven seconds faster than the automatic qualifying performance mark and the second-fastest time to date in the nation.

The Lady Raider track and field program returns to competition this weekend at Millersville.