BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (Feb. 19) - Wheeling University women's track and field junior Liz Fleming (Washington, Pa./Trinity) was named the Mountain East Conference (MEC) Athlete of the Week announced the league office.

Fleming had two top-six finishes at the Doug Raymond Qualifier at Kent State. She took fourth in the shot put with a throw of 14.31 meters, which is the best in the MEC and a NCAA provisional mark as the 18th-best throw in the country. She also took sixth in the weight throw with a mark of 16.91 meters.

This is the second weekly honor this season for Fleming. She is one of just two women's track & field athletes to be honored multiple times this season, joining Erman Jepleting of UNC-Pembroke.

The award also marks the third time this season that the MEC Athlete of the Week has come from Wheeling. Senior pole vaulter Danielle Stewart (Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville) won the award on January 28.

Fleming and the rest of the Cardinals will head to Huntington, West Virginia for the inaugural MEC Indoor Championships, beginning on Friday, February 21 on the campus of Marshall University.