Liburd Named National Athlete of the Week

NJCAA DIVISION I WOMEN – Kristal Liburd, New Mexico JC

Sophomore | Jumps

Kristal Liburd opened up her season in a big way with two top performances at the Texas Red Raider Invitational over the weekend. The sophomore placed third overall (second among collegiate athletes) in the long jump with a best of 6.27m (20-7) and took fifth in the triple jump after she posted a best of 12.17m (39-11¼).

Both performances were not only NJCAA provisional marks, but both are now the top showing in each event so far this season at the NJCAA level.

Liburd is just the third athlete in program history to earn a National Athlete of the Week award for indoors joining Esther Gitahi (once in 2018 and once in 2017) and Kelsey Shannon (2015) as the only Thunderbirds to get selected for the honor.

Link to Story

http://www.ustfccca.org/2019/01/featured/ncaa-njcaa-itf-national-athletes-of-the-week-jan-22