LR's Brown and Newberry's Watson-Perez Take Home SAC WePlayed Sports Indoor T&F Athlete of the Week Honors

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 third week of competition. Lenoir-Rhyne's Alexis Brown earned the track honor while Newberry's Irma Watson-Perez garnered field honors.

Brown, a junior sprinter from Mableton, Ga., won the 60m title at the Finn Ficus Invitational with a time of 7.42 seconds which is good for seventh in all of Division II. Brown would go on to capture a second-place finish in the 200m dash with a time of 25.58 seconds.

Watson-Perez, a senior thrower from Sanford, Fla., placed first in the weight throw with a distance of 16.85m at the Mondo College Invitational. That throw set a school record and placed in the top 35 of all NCAA Division II this year while also being the top SAC mark of the season.

2024-25 SAC Women's Track and Field Athletes of the Week

Track

Dec. 9 – Jahzara Hart, Tusculum
Dec. 16 – Mia Cabrera, Wingate
Jan. 21 – Alexis Brown, Lenoir-Rhyne

Field

Dec. 9 – Braelynn Strouth, UVA Wise
Dec. 16 – none competed
Jan. 21 – Irma Watson-Perez, Newberry

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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