BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky University's Laura Taborda has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Female Track Athlete of the Week, the league announced on Thursday.
 
Taborda broke the EKU women's 3,000-meter steeplechase record last Friday at Ole Miss, clocking a time of 10:22.08. That time clipped Ciara Scott's previous school record of 10:22.2 set in 2018.
 
It is the fastest women's steeplechase time in the OVC this season by 12 seconds, and it currently ranks Taborda No. 23 in the NCAA East Region.
 
Taborda – a redshirt freshman from Covilha, Portugal – won the OVC country title in March, becoming only the fourth EKU woman ever to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships as an individual.
 
She will race in the steeplechase again on Friday night at the Rick Erdmann Twilight in Richmond.