North Greenville's Richardson and Barton's Clemons Named Conference Carolinas Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
North Greenville's Richardson and Barton's Clemons Named Conference Carolinas Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
HIGH POINT, N.C. – North Greenville University's Tevin Richardson and Barton College's Micah Clemmons have been named the Conference Carolinas Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for meets held March 19-25, the Conference announced today.
In his first outdoor showing of the season, Richardson picked up right where he left off after indoor. The sophomore from Calhoun Falls, S.C., recorded a new personal best time in the 200 meter dash at the Adidas Winthrop Invitational. Richardson's time of 21.23 seconds was the fastest coming out of the preliminary round and ended the day as the overall fastest time, even though he did not compete in the finals. That mark is currently the fastest in the conference by nearly half a second and is the 6th fastest time in Division II so far this season.
Clemons, a sophomore from Greenville, N.C., earned Athlete of the Week honors for the second consecutive week after he bettered his school record in the hammer throw once again, improving his NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the event to 55.84 meters (183' 2.25") on the way to first place at the Trojan Challenge. That mark leads both the conference and region by over 5 meters and is the 15th best in Division II thus far. In addition, Clemons racked up another win in the javelin throw with a new personal best mark of 43.48 meters (142' 8") and took fourth in the discus throw with a mark of 43.37 meters (142' 3").
Also nominated for Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week: Colin Fisher (Mount Olive)
Also nominated for Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week: Julian Smallwood (Belmont Abbey) and Eian Hines (Mount Olive)
2018 Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Week One (Mar. 20) – Dymitric Ray (Southern Wesleyan)
Week Two (Mar. 27) - Tevin Richardson (North Greenville)
2018 Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
Week One (Mar. 20) – Micah Clemons (Barton)
Week Two (Mar. 27) - Micah Clemons (Barton)