ALFRED, NY -- For the second time this outdoor track & field season, sophomore Megan Alper (Belmont, MA/Belmont) was named the Empire 8 Women's Track Athlete of the Week on Monday.

Alper won the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.76, besting her previous personal best, while at the Muhlenberg College Invitational on Saturday. She then took second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.32.

This is Alper's second Empire 8 Women's Track Athlete of the Week as she earned it earlier this season after competing well at the California University of Pennsylvania Invitational in March. For her performance then as well, she earned Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III North Women's Track Athlete of the Week as well as Saxon of the Week.