The South Atlantic Conference Announces WePlayed Sports Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for meets contested during the third week of competition. Carson-Newman's 4x100m relay, composed of Amine Kamsi, Quacy Virgo, Lucas Besong, and Dawson Jones was named the Track Athlete(s) of the Week while Carson-Newman's Oluwafemi Richards was named the Field Athlete of the Week.
Carson-Newman's 4x100m relay placed second with a season-best time of 40.64 at the UT Invite. Kamsi, Virgo, Besong and Jones now hold the ninth fastest time in the event in NCAA Division II and hit a national qualifying mark.
Richards, a sophomore from Hendersonville, Tenn., placed third in the men's high jump with a new personal record. He finished the event with a 2.05-meter performance, grabbing the 20th best mark in NCAA Division II and qualified for nationals.
2024 SAC Men's Track and Field Athletes of the Week
Track
March 19 – Sincere Sanders-Moss, Lenoir-Rhyne
March 26 – Jacob Wadsworth, Lenoir-Rhyne
April 2 – Hamza Chahid, Wingate
April 9 – Carson-Newman 4x100m Relay
Field
March 19 – Kegan Crowell, Newberry
March 26 – Patrick Shelley, UVA Wise
April 2 – Kegan Crowell, Newberry
April 9 – Oluwafemi Richards, Carson-Newman
WePlayed Sports is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.
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