Eilish MacQuarrie, Boston Pizza Female Athlete of the Week

Eilish MacQuarrie, Boston Pizza Female Athlete of the Week

X-Women track & field sprinter Eilish MacQuarrie was named the StFX Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending Feb. 23, 2014. Eilish, a third year Human Kinetics student from Antigonish, NS helped lead the X-Women to a second place finish at the AUS championship this past weekend in Moncton. She won individual gold in the 300m race with a time of 40.70, then followed up with a silver medal performance in the 600m at 1:38.03. Eilish also anchored both the X-Women 4x200m and 4x400m relay teams to gold medals, bringing her medal tally to four for the weekend. She also placed fifth in the 60m dash with an 8.10 time. For her efforts Eilish was honored as the AUS female track athlete of the year and as the MVP of the AUS championship meet.