HOUGHTON, N.Y. -- Track and field student-athlete Amanda Burrichter has been named the Empire 8 Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week after her performance during the Empire 8 Championships.

Burrichter was named Empire 8 Indoor Track Championship Athlete of the Meet for the second straight year after she swept the mile and 3,000-meter run championships for the third straight season. Burrichter won the mile in 5:14.19 and took the 3,000-meters in a meet record time of 10:15.82. In addition, she anchored Houghton's winning distance medley relay team that won by just under three seconds in a time of 13:06.84.

It is Burrichter's third E8 weekly honor of the season.