Reading, Pa. (Dec. 9, 2025) - Alvernia Women's Track and Field sophomore Britney Anyia and Men's Wrestling sophomore Hayden McLellan were named Alvernia Athletes of the week for their performances during the week of December 1 - December  7, 2025. This week's Alvernia Athletes of the Week are presented by MailShark.

Britney Anyia had two first place finishes at the Alvernia Rust Buster on Saturday. Anyia took first place in both the high jump and long jump on Saturday. She was also a member of Alvernia's second place finishing 4x200m relay team. Anyia took first place in the high jump with a mark of 1.55m and took first in the long jump with a mark of 5.18m. Both marks were third best in the MAC this weekend

Hayden McLellan took first place at 184 pounds this weekend at the Messiah Petrofes Invitational. McLellan started out with back-to-back 15-0 technical fall wins to move into the quarterfinals. He then secured a fall in 2:19 over NYU's Dmitry Derbedyenyev in the quarters and followed that with a 5-2 decision over NYU's Justin Mayes in the semis. McLellan secured a first place finish with a 2:42 fall over Springfield's Matthew Hoxie in the championship bout. 

Women's Track and Field is off until the Alvernia Winter Invitational on Saturday, January 17th. Men's Wrestling is back in action this Saturday at the King's College Duals.