ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Kaitlyn Sheppard has been named Missouri Valley Conference Athlete of the Week for Women's Track, per the weekly MVC Track & Field Notebook released on Feb. 4.
Sheppard wins the honor after running a 9:14.04 in the women's 3000m race at the Meyo Invitational. Sheppard's time is the fastest 3000m race in the MVC this season and is 13 seconds faster than the second-fastest time. Sheppard's time is the fourth-fastest in the Midwest Region and the 55th-best time in all of NCAA. Her time is also the second-fastest in program-history, just four-tenths of a second behind Nicola Jansen's 2023 program record.