Bentley Fitzgerald is Hay Rice and Associates Athlete of the Week

Liberal junior runner Bentley Fitzgerald is this week’s Hay Rice and Associates Athlete of the Week.  Fitzgerald won the 400 in 59.44 (PR) Friday in Hutchinson.  She ran the 800 for the first time Tuesday in Garden City and was 2nd in 2:30.  She was part of a 4×800 relay team which took first at Garden City on Tuesday in 10:05.  The 4×400 relay team of which Fitzgerald is a member, set a PR at 4:09 at the KT Woodman at Wichita State.  She is also involved in NHS, powerlifting, and the Coffee Club at LHS.  She was on a 4×100 and 4×400 relay team which made state and helped win a regional last season.  She will run the 400, 200, and 4×400 Friday at Goddard.