Emory University sophomore Debora Adjibaba and senior Theresa Ford were named the University Athletic Association's (UAA) Track and Field Athletes of the Week, after their record-setting performances last weekend.

Adjibaba broke her own school record in the 200-meter dash at the Furman Blue Shoes Invitational, one of three top-four finishes at the meet for the sophomore.  She finished fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.64 seconds, a new program-best mark.  The time also ranks as the best this season by a UAA competitor, and the third-fastest among Division III sprinters.  She also ran the anchor leg of the Eagles' 4x100-meter relay team, which finished second in a time of 47.68 seconds, also third among Division III teams and the best in the UAA in 2013.  Adjibaba claimed a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.26 seconds, her second-best mark of the season (her top time of 12.24 seconds this year is the ninth-best time in Division III).

Ford set personal-best marks in six of the seven events at the Bulldog Heptathlon, en route to breaking the school heptathlon record on Friday and Saturday.  Competing against a field of five NCAA Division I competitors, including three from Southeastern Conference (SEC) programs, Ford placed third in the heptathlon with a score of 4,729 points, besting the previous school record of 4,364 points, set by former Eagle Ashley Demarco during the 2006 season.  Ford's score also ranked as the second-best among Division III competitors this season.  She opened competition with a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.07 seconds, the 27^th-best time in Division III this year, and third among University Athletic Association (UAA) competitors.  She followed that by tying for first in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.70 meters, just a hundredth of a meter short of the school record  in addition to ranking fourth in Division III and first in the UAA in the event this season.  Ford then set a personal-best in the shot put, finishing fourth with a toss of 10.19 meters, the eighth-best mark in the UAA in 2013.  Rounding out the first day, the senior set a personal-record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.26 seconds, finishing fifth.  Her success would continue into the second day, starting with a third-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 5.42 meters.  Ford finished second in the javelin throw with a personal-best mark of 35.87 meters, the second-best throw in the UAA this year.  She finished off competition with a fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 2:50.36.

This is the fifth time this season that Adjibaba has been named the UAA Athlete of the Week, and the fourth time that Ford has earned the honor in 2013.

The Eagles, ranked 19^th in Division III, are scheduled to compete at the Auburn War Eagle Invitational and the Mt. Laurel Invitational next weekend, the team's final meets before the 2013 UAA Championships in New York, NY.

The following Eagles have earned UAA Athlete of the Week honors during the 2012-13 Track and Field season:

December 3^rd: Debora Adjibaba (Women's Track)
January 21^st: Edward Mulder (Men's Track), Maxwell Hoberman (Men's Field), Kaele Leonard (Women's Track)
February 4^th: Theresa Ford (Women's Field)
February 11^th: Kaele Leonard (Women's Track), Theresa Ford (Women's Field)
February 18^th: Tamara Surtees (Women's Track)
March 4^th: Alexandra Aiello, Electra Korn, Debora Adjibaba, Kaele Leonard (Women's Track)
Match 11^th: Debora Adjibaba (Women's Track)
March 25^th: Kaele Leonard (Women's Track), Theresa Ford (Women's Field)
April 1^st: Debora Adjibaba (Women's Track)
April 8^th: Jacob Seigel (Men's Field)
April 15^th: Debora Adjibaba (Women's Track), Theresa Ford (Women's Field)