South Carolina State senior
Levar Knight and Bethune-Cookman senior
Ron Danielle Williams were named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Track and Field Athletes of the Week, the conference announced on Friday.
Knight (Sr., Edgefield, SC) won two individual events and aided his team to a first place finish with a total of 147 points at the Robert "Jet" Johnson Bulldog Relays, hosted by South Carolina State. Knight won the long jump with a 23-02 ft. leap and captured the gold in the high jump with a 6-08 ft. jump. He was also a member of the 4x200m relay that finished among the top three with a time of 1:32.35.
Williams (Sr., Titusville, Fla.) earned 26 points for the Lady Wildcats at the Robert "Jet" Johnson Bulldogs Relays, hosted by South Carolina State. Williams won the discus with a 41.72m throw and was second in the shot put (14.26m) and javelin (32.47m). As a team, the Lady Wildcats finished second among 12 teams.
Other Top Performers:
Jonee Artis (NSU) cleared 5-7 ft and finished in third at the Sea Ray Relays.
Claudia Calder (Ham) finished first in the high jump with a leap of 5-04 ft. at the Murray Neely Invitational.
Ryan Carter (DSU) captured the gold in the 100m (10.70) and was a member of the 4x100m and 4x400m teams that finished first at the Delaware Open.
Tracey Fan Fan (DSU) was second in the 100m hurdles (15.08) and third in the 400m hurdles (1:06.11) at the Delaware Open.
Allodin Fothergill (UMES) won the 100m (10.67) and 200m (21.42) at the Mason Spring Invitational, hosted by George Mason.
Sean Holston (NSU) ran a personal-best time of 20.87 in the 200m at the Sea Ray Relays.
Eunice Jones (UMES) won the 800m with at time of 2:11.99 at the Mason Spring Invitational, hosted by George Mason.
David Kimani (Ham) won two events at the Murray Neely Invitational. He won the 1,500m run with a time of 4:06.99 and the 5,000m with at time of 15:44.78.
David McFadgen (NCAT) won the triple jump and long jump at the Murray Neely Invitational.
Tochi Odocha (How) finished among the top five in the 100m dash (10.76) and the 200m (21:59) at the Joe Hinton Carolina Fast Times.
Erica Peake (SCSU) led her team to a first place finish at the Robert "Jet" Johnson Bulldogs Relays, hosted by South Carolina State. Peake won the 100m (11.98) and 400m (55.00) and was a member of the 4x100m and 4x200m relay teams that won the titles.