Kansas City, Mo. – The track & field duo of Kailey Johnson and Taylor Bottomley were recognized as Heart Athletes of the Week, as announced by the conference office Monday. 

Bottomley continues his record-breaking senior season, as he broke the school record in the men's hammer throw with a final toss of 55.88 meters on the first day of the CMU Invite. He improved his national qualifying mark to earn a first-place finish. On day two, he broke another school record, this time in the shot put with a final toss of 16.43 meters. The throw was also good enough to hit the 'A' standard to qualify for nationals.

Freshman Kailey Johnson won the 200m dash with a time of 26.02 and she also finished second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.82 seconds. The Columbia native participated in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams that won their events with final times of 49.59 and 3:39.60.

CMU track & field will be back in action on Saturday, April 10 for the Lincoln Open in Jefferson City, Mo.

To view this week's Heart Player of the Week honorees, please click here. 

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