Women's Track Athlete Celestine Coney
Women's track athlete Celestine Coney (Lyons, NY)was named Buffalo State's Athlete of the Week.
The freshman sensation picked up right where she left off in the indoor season in her debut with the outdoor team. Coney broke two individual records and helped set a relay record in the Bengals first meet at the Duke University Invitational on Saturday. She ran 15.27 in the 100m hurdles, besting the old mark of 15.69 set in 1995. She also set a new standard in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:04.18. Coney was also a member of the record setting 4x100m relay team, that ran a time of 50.32.
The freshman sensation picked up right where she left off in the indoor season in her debut with the outdoor team. Coney broke two individual records and helped set a relay record in the Bengals first meet at the Duke University Invitational on Saturday. She ran 15.27 in the 100m hurdles, besting the old mark of 15.69 set in 1995. She also set a new standard in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:04.18. Coney was also a member of the record setting 4x100m relay team, that ran a time of 50.32.
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