SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Junior Rebekah MacKay was named the BIG EAST Women's Track Athlete of the Week, as announced by the league on Tuesday, April 20. It is MacKay's first conference honor and second outdoor award for the Orange this season.

MacKay broke the Syracuse record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, N.J. on April 16. Her first-place finish of 10:20.07 sits on the top of the BIG EAST rankings and is the eighth-fastest time in the NCAA this season. The Orange earned the top five finishes in the event.

The Orange will split competition this weekend as select members head to the Penn Relays on Thursday, April 22, while others will compete at the Cornell Big Red Invite on Sunday, April 25.