The South Atlantic Conference Announces WePlayed Sports Women's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Women's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for meets contested during the fifth week of the indoor track & field competition. Catawba's Mikayla Jones was named the Track Athlete of the Week while Wingate's Assiya Elhafyan was named the Field Athlete of the Week.

Jones, a junior from Aurora, OH, broke two Catawba school records this week at the Liberty Invite. She finished third in the mile, setting the school record with a time of 5:02.61 and then followed with a new record in the 3000 meter, hitting an NCAA mark running a time of 9:55.00.

Elhafyan, a freshman from Casablanca, Morocco, cleared a personal best 1.71 meters at the USC Garnet Invite on Friday. With multiple NCAA provisional marks this year, she continues to move up the DII high jump charts and is tied for No. 1 in the SAC with teammate Valerie Daehler.

2023-24 SAC Women's Track and Field Athletes of the Week

Track

Dec. 5 – Alexis Brown, Lenoir-Rhyne

Dec. 12 – Sira Bo, Wingate

Jan. 23 – Harper Russell, Lincoln Memorial

Jan. 30 – Grace Burrell, Wingate

Feb. 6 – Mikayla Jones, Catawba

Field

Dec. 5 – Valerie Daehler, Wingate

Dec. 12 – Kadidja Sangare, Carson-Newman

Jan. 23 – Sterling Webb, Lincoln Memorial

Jan. 30 – Valerie Daehler, Wingate

Feb. 6 – Assiya Elhafyan, Wingate

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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