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 Jan. 19, 2014. Eilish, a third year Human Kinetics student from Antigonish, NS had a trio fo first place finishes at the Athletics NS meet held Saturday in Halifax. She won the 60m dash with a time of 7.99s, then followed up with personal best times in both the 300m and 600m races, claiming top spots in each of those races. Her time in the 300m race was 40.78, while she ran a 1:37.82 in the 600m. Eilish is the defending AUS champion in the 300m and is currently ranked ninth in the CIS in that event.