LaNissa Burns

  • Award
    Student-Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/25/2016
  • Sport
    Women's Track & Field
  • School
    McMurry University
  • Year
  • Position
  • Hometown
  • High School

LaNissa Burns regained control of the NCCAA’s top spot in the shot put and discus at the American Southwest Conference Championships. The senior from Austin, Texas won the shot put with a distance of 13.75m and won the discus with a distance of 47.91m. Burns took second in the hammer and remains no. 1 in the NCCAA with her distance of 53.71m. Burns’ shot put and hammer performances also broke school records.
 
 
 
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD – FIELD NOMINEES: Jo Boren, Grace College; LaNissa Burns, McMurry University; Kristina Button, Roberts Wesleyan College; Anna Grace Govero, Mississippi College