Date Posted: 4/23/2008

MACON, Ga. - Jacksonville's Natasha Harvey met a pair of regional qualifying marks this weekend at the LSU Alumni Gold in winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week award, the conference announced on Wednesday.

Harvey, a junior from New Haven, Conn., becomes the second Jacksonville athlete to win the weekly award this season.

The A-Sun's two-time defending champion in the long jump, Harvey turned in a leap of 21-02.00 (6.45m), good enough for a third-place finish in the event and a No. 7 national ranking. She joins teammate Shaquania Lundy as one of two Dolphins ranked in the top 10 nationally, both of whom qualified for regionals.

Harvey also satisfied a regional qualifying standard in the 100-meter hurdles, an event in which she is also a two-time defending A-Sun champion. Her time of 13.72 placed tenth at LSU.

The Atlantic Sun Conference is a 12-member league committed to Building Winners for Life, with a focus on academic and athletic integrity and a balance between the two for the student-athlete, and maintaining a high level of sportsmanship. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun encompasses six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun consists of some of the most dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Gardner-Webb University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.

Other Top Performers:

Karlyn Duncan, CAM (Jr. - Sprints - Business Administration - Winston Salem, N.C.) - Won the 200 meters, 400 meters, and was a part of the second-place 4x100 meter relay team at the Irwin Belk Invitational.

Jenny Knox, ETSU (Sr. - Sprints - Undeclared - Connelly Spring, N.C.) - Finished second in the 100 meters at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational and set the Atlantic Sun's second fastest time of the season as well as a season-best with her time of 11.83.

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