LR's Ortiz and Coker's Jernigan 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 final week of competition. Lenoir-Rhyne's Damyja Ortiz earned the track honor while Coker's Dakota Jernigan garnered field honors.

Ortiz, a junior sprinter from Winston-Salem, N.C., took second in the 400 meters at the JDL Last Chance Invitational with a time of 58.50 seconds. That time is good for the seventh-best in the conference on the season.

Jernigan, a freshman high jumper from Coward, S.C., took first place in the high jump at the USC Invite. Jernigan jumped a personal best and school record with a final height of 1.61 meters. That jump is the sixth-best in the SAC this year.

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
Jan. 28 – Delaney Eller, Emory & Henry
Feb. 4 – Theresa Green-White, Tusculum
Feb. 11 – Alexis Brown, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 18 – Evie Brooks, Wingate
Feb. 25 – Damyja Ortiz, Lenoir-Rhyne

Field

Dec. 9 – Braelynn Strouth, UVA Wise
Dec. 16 – none competed
Jan. 21 – Irma Watson-Perez, Newberry
Jan. 28 – Sterling Webb, Lincoln Memorial
Feb. 4 – Holly Kone, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 11 – Ennessey Sorrells, Wingate
Feb. 18 – Ashley Parrish, Lincoln Memorial
Feb. 25 – Dakota Jernigan, Coker

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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