Jahniya Bowers has been named Nike #HLTF Athlete of the Week for her performance at the Penn State Nittany Lion Challenge on Jan. 15, the league office announced on Tuesday.
The honor marks the second time during the 2021-22 indoor season Bowers has been selected to sit atop the conference's best female runners. The first coming off a pair of event wins and a league-best mark in the 60m dash at the YSU Icebreaker.
Tallying her second meet with a pair of event wins, Bowers took the 60m dash crown to capture her third 60m dash event victory on the year at the one-day meet hosted at the Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track inside the Multi-Sport Facility in University Park, Penn. The Youngstown, Ohio, native posted a time of 7.42 to edge the rest of the field. Bowers would step into the blocks later in the afternoon and tally another event win in the women's 200m, clocking a time of 24.24 - a conference-best.
