Tabbed the Chick-Fil-A Robinson RMU Female Student-Athlete of the Week for Jan. 19, 2022, is graduate student Yessie Valencia of the track & field team. As the Colonials returned to action for their indoor campaign last weekend at the Nittany Lion Challenge on the campus of Penn State University, Valencia, a native of Phoenix, Ariz., finished fourth in a loaded field in the weight throw. She posted a toss of 17.27 meters (56’8”), trailing only a pair of student-athletes from Miami (Ohio) and one from the host Nittany Lions. Valencia’s performance at the Nittany Lion Challenge has her ranked second in the Horizon League in the weight throw, trailing only her teammate, Keturah Hunter.
