The South Atlantic Conference Announces Men's Outdoor Track and 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 fourth week of competition. Wingate's Soheil Boufrizi was named the Track Athlete of the Week while Lenoir-Rhyne's Jacob Wadsworth was named the Field Athlete of the Week.

Boufrizi, a senior from Trelissac, France, ran the fastest NCAA Division II 3000 meter steeplechase time this season at Azusa Pacific's Bryan Clay Invitational. Boufrizi's NCAA provisional time of 8:37.94 is a new school record effort, shaving five seconds from the previous Bulldog standard.

Wadsworth, a senior from Dansville, N.Y., participated in the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational this past week. He finished first place in the men's long jump event with a program-record 7.84 meter leap and finished second in the men's high jump event with a program-record leap of 2.02 meters.

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

April 16 – Soheil Boufrizi, Wingate

Field

March 19 – Kegan Crowell, Newberry

March 26 – Patrick Shelley, UVA Wise

April 2 – Kegan Crowell, Newberry

April 9 – Oluwafemi Richards, Carson-Newman

April 16 – Jacob Wadsworth, Lenoir-Rhyne

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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