Track names captains for 2017 season
August 11, 2016 | Women's Track & Field
Seniors Picknell, Howard, Lewis picked by teammates
Seniors Rachel Picknell, Lucinda Howard and Samantha Lewis were elected captains of the 2016-17 Oregon State track & field team. Voting was done by the team members.
"They are incredibly worthy of this honor and will represent their teammates and this program in all the right ways," OSU coach Kelly Sullivan said. "Being voted and named a team captain is one of the greatest honors a student-athlete can achieve at every level.
The team is first, and setting the example is paramount to them." "It says a lot about the person. They know and have shown it is an honor to represent their team, alums, school and community, and to wear the orange and black.
Picknell is a thrower from Roseburg High School in Roseburg. Outdoors, she is the school record-holder in the hammer (173-4.50), ranks second all-time in the discus (158-4) and ranks fifth in the shot put (43-11.25). Indoors she is second in the weight throw (51-5.75) and fifth in the shot put (42-2).
A kinesiology major who transferred to OSU from Sacramento City College, she earned MPSF all-academic honors in 2015.
"I'm extremely honored," Picknell said. "Thank you for this responsibility! I hope to set a good example, be a leader, and a friend to all my sisters. I'm going to set the standard as high I can before graduating."
Howard is a long jumper/triple jumper from Summit High School in Bend. Outdoors, she ranks No. 3 all-time in the triple jump (38-3.50) and No. 8 in the long jump (18-5.25); indoors she is the school record-holder in the triple jump (38-8.75) and is No. 3 in the long jump (18-9.25).
A kinesiology major, she earned Pacific-12 Conference and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation all-academic honors the past two seasons.
Lewis is a distance specialist from Boulder High School in Boulder, Colo., who ranks No. 5 all-time in the 10,000 meters (36:05.25). A kinesiology major, she earned Pac-12 all-academic honors in track in 2015 and 2016 and in cross country in 2015.
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