Saina named Female Athlete of the Year
Photo: Jonathan Krueger/Iowa State Daily
Redshirt senior Betsy Saina crosses the finish line in her 5,000-meter race during the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Lied Recreation Athletic Center. Saina won her race with a time of 16:07.19.
June 11, 2013
Betsy Saina, a three-time national champion and 11-time All-American, has been named the Iowa State Femal Athlete of the Year for the second-straight year.
The long-distance runner from Eldoret, Kenya rounded out her Cyclone career last weekend at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. Saina finished second in the 5,000-meter run and won the 10,000-meter run with a time of 33:08.85.
Saina is the eighth female athlete from track and field to win the award and the fifth athlete to win the award multiple times. The last athlete to win the award more than once was former track stand-out Lisa (Koll) Uhl.
Saina will be travelling to Kenya later this month to compete in trials for the 2013 World Championships
