(Halifax, N.S.) - Â鶹´«Ã½ presents our MUSCLE MLK Athletes of the Week for the week ending Sunday, March 10, 2019.
Maya Reynolds, Track & Field
Third-year sprinter Maya Reynolds is this week’s MUSCLE MLK Female Athlete of the Week.
Maya won her first U SPORTS medal over the weekend.
She entered the 60m ranked 6th and took over a tenth of a second off of her personal best, running 7.50 and winning a bronze medal.
A commerce major, Maya is from Markham, Ont.
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Matt Coolen, Track & Field
Fourth-year sprinter Matt Coolen is this week’s MUSCLE MLK Male Athlete of the Week.
Matt successfully defended his U SPORTS 60m title with a new personal best of 6.75 to earn his second gold medal in as many years. The time breaks the current Â鶹´«Ã½ and Nova Scotia senior records and capped off an undefeated season for him at that distance.
He also ran a huge personal best and broke his own Dal record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.04 for a silver medal.
A native of Halifax, N.S., Matt is an engineering student.
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