Katelyn Daniels of the MSU track and field teamearned Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week honors April 6. Daniels broke two records at the Florida Relays the weekend of April 1, as she set a school record in the shot put, and also broke a meet record in the discus.

In discus, Daniels’ 58.02 meter throw broke a Florida Relays record that has held since 1991. The redshirt-sophomore said she still has room to improve, even after the historic throw.

“I thought my performance was really good, especially in discus, but there’s still a lot of things I need to tweak technically,” Daniels said.

Despite her record-breaking performance, Daniels finished third in the discus event. Though the Florida Relays discus record has stood for 25 years, three competitors, including Daniels, broke it in 2016.

Daniels is no stranger to record-breaking discus performances, as her 59.06 meter throw broke a conference meet and MSU record at the 2015 Big Ten championships.

Daniels followed up her discus record by setting another in the shot put. This record came on a 16.01 meter throw in the preliminary rounds. The MSU women’s shot put record, 15.86, was set back in 1984. Daniels finished eighth in the shot put event.

Daniels said that she was grateful for her support system in the aftermath of her performance in Florida.

“I deserve a minimal amount of credit for everything that’s happened,” Daniels said. “It’s my teammates, my coaches and my family who really have set that kind of stuff up.”

Daniels said while she is pleased with her new school and meet records, she does not want to dwell on the accolades for too long.

“That stuff is wonderful, but then you have to get back to work like it never happened. You can’t just ride on one thing for the rest of your career,” she said.

MSU track and field had been scheduled to host the Spartan Invite meet last weekend, but the event was canceled. On April 15 and 16, the team will travel to Lexington, Ky. to compete at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge meet.