ROCHESTER, NY - Arianna McClendon (/New York Mills) earns Empire 8 Women's Track Athlete of the Week, as announced by the league on Monday.  
 
Freshman Arianna McClendon (/New York Mills) was responsible for a pair of event wins in the 4x200 relay, and the 500 meters. She wrote her name into the school record books in the latter, going the two-and-a-half lap distance in 1:19.1 to win and secure the school record in that event. She bested her previous 500-meter time from the season opener by over two seconds.
 
McClendon and Utica travel to Clinton, NY for the Hamilton College Continental Invitational on Friday, January 19 at 3 p.m.