Melinda Wilson of RPI Track & Field Team Earns Honor

2016 Dec 6

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Melinda Wilson of Nahant 01908 has been named a recipient of a weekly award by the Liberty League.

A junior, Mazur (Brookfield HS) earned Track Performer of the Week after she had a win in the 60 meter dash and a second place finish in the 300 - the two events in which she competed at the Utica Invitational. She beat seven others to capture the 60 meter dash finals in a time of 8.40 and then finished second of eight in the 300 with a time of 45.08. As a team, the Engineers were second of the six competing schools. In indoor as a sophomore, Mazur, a materials engineering major, helped the 4x400 relay team win at Ithaca College (4:20.30) and was part of the second place 4x200 team at the Liberty League Championship Meet (1:50.48).

Rensselaer, which is coached by Colin Tory, returns to competition on January 14 at Utica.

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As it approaches its bicentennial anniversary, the Institute continues to define The New Polytechnic, a new paradigm for teaching, learning, and research that uses advanced technologies to enable fresh collaborations across disciplines, sectors, and regions, in order to answer the global challenges of our day.