{"id":31970,"date":"2017-02-22T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=31970"},"modified":"2017-02-22T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:00:23","slug":"kittrell-named-odac-field-athlete-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/kittrell-named-odac-field-athlete-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Kittrell named ODAC Field Athlete of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Junior jumper <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emuroyals.com\/sports\/wtrack\/2016-17\/bios\/kittrell_oksana_xipl\">Oksana Kittrell<\/a><\/strong> (Bedford, Va.\/Liberty) has earned her first-ever ODAC Athlete of the Week award, as she won the weekly honor for field athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Kittrell notched her indoor PR in the triple jump at last weekend&#8217;s UCS Invitational, hosted by D-I Wake Forest, landing at 10.76m (35ft 3.75in). That distance puts her at No. 2 in the ODAC this season.<\/p>\n<p>Then in the long jump, Kittrell jumped 4.94m (16ft 2.5in), coming just short of her indoor best. She heads into this weekend&#8217;s ODAC Championships at No. 4 in the conference in the event at 4.99m (16ft 4.5in).<\/p>\n<p>She will be looking for her first All-ODAC honors this weekend, after finishing fourth in the indoor triple jump and fifth in the outdoor triple jump last year. The top three finishers earn All-ODAC status.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Mennonite&#8217;s men and women head to Salem, Va., on Sunday for the ODAC Indoor Championships, hosted by Roanoke College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior jumper Oksana Kittrell (Bedford, Va.\/Liberty) has earned her first-ever ODAC Athlete of the Week award, as she won the weekly honor for field athletes. 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