Wheeling University Athletics

Catherine Balbier, a junior distance runner on the women’s track and field team, earned the Wheeling Jesuit Women’s Athlete of the Week for her record breaking performance at the Duke Invitational in Durham, N.C.
 
The Magnificant High School standout from Cleveland, Ohio rewrote the WJU record book on Saturday, April 7 with a stellar performance in the 5,000 meter run. She replaced Jennifer McFarland’s time of 18:01.34, which was set one week earlier at the Raleigh Relays, with a time of 17:54.57.