FAIRFAX, Va. – Rachel Forder's first year competing in the states continues to be a successful one for the Brit.

Forder, a native of London, England, was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Track & Field Rookie Performer of the Week on Tuesday, collecting the honor for the second time this season.

Forder is coming off a strong outing at the Loyola-Hopkins Track & Field Invitational in Baltimore on Saturday. The freshman placed second in the discus with a mark of 44.36 meters (145 feet, six inches). The throw was good enough for ninth-best in program history. Her personal-best toss actually occurred at the VCU Ram Invite last month. She recorded a heave of 46.22 meters (151 feet, eight inches) for the fifth longest throw in Mason history.

She also took 12th in the hammer throw on Saturday, tossing a personal-best 34.98 meters (114 feet, nine inches).

Forder and the Patriots return to action this weekend as the men's and women's track and field teams split up to compete at the Duke Invitational in Durham, N.C., and the Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville, Va.