Mount Olive's Craig and King's Okot Named Conference Carolinas Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week

Mount Olive's Craig and King's Okot Named Conference Carolinas Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week

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HIGH POINT, N.C. – University of Mount Olive's Adam Craig and King University's Vincent Okot have been named the Conference Carolinas Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for meets held Jan. 30 - Feb. 5, the conference announced today.

Craig, a junior from Lauder, United Kingdom, turned in a great performance for the Trojans at the JDL Fast Track Camel City Invitational. He would post an NCAA Provisional qualifying mark in the 3000 meter run with a time of 8:18.51. Craig's time was four seconds off the UMO record and good enough for a second-place finish.

A senior from Murfreesboro, Tenn., Okot posted a top-three finish in the triple jump, while finishing top-20 in the long jump at the Buccaneer Invitational hosted by East Tennessee State University. He tallied a second-place finish and managed an NCAA Provisional mark in the triple jump with a jump of 15.22 meters, which was only .25 meters from an automatic qualifying mark. Okot closed out the day with a long jump of 6.34 meters, earning a 19th-place finish in the event.

 

Also nominated for Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week: Robert Gwinn (Southern Wesleyan), Josh Wilhoit (Pfeiffer), Semaj Street (Barton) & Cody McNeely (Lees-McRae)

Also nominated for Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week: Matt Chavers (Pfeiffer), Micah Clemons (Barton), Nick Greyno (Mount Olive) & Kendall Isler (Lees-McRae)

 

2016-17 Men’s Track Athlete of the Week
Week One (Dec. 6) – Semaj Street (Barton)
Week Two (Jan. 17) – James Russell Ballowe (King)
Week Three (Jan. 24) – Marshawn Scott (Limestone)
Week Four (Jan. 31) – Jonathan Dahlke (Mount Olive)
Week Five (Feb. 7) – Adam Craig (Mount Olive) 

2016-17 Men’s Field Athlete of the Week
Week One (Dec. 6) – Russell Corbett (Barton)
Week Two (Jan. 17) – Julian Smallwood (Belmont Abbey)
Week Three (Jan. 24) – Larry Russell (Barton)
Week Four (Jan. 31) – Nick Greyno (Mount Olive)
Week Five (Feb. 7) – Vincent Okot (King)