Cas Kopmels of Mount Olive and Chandler Whittle of Southern Wesleyan Selected Weekly Award Winners for Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Cas Kopmels of Mount Olive and Chandler Whittle of Southern Wesleyan picked up the weekly honors for Conference Carolinas men’s outdoor track & field.
Kopmels was selected as the Track Athlete of the Week, while Whittle was tabbed Field Athlete of the Week.
A freshman from Leiden in the Netherlands, Kopmels posted the top time in Conference Carolinas this season in the 800 with a time of 1:55.58 at the VertKlasse Meeting. He also finished in second in the 1,500 with a time of 3:56.92.
A junior from Walhalla, South Carolina, Whittle posted the best mark in Conference Carolinas so far this season in the high jump at 2.05m at the SWU GottaRun Invite. The mark was a new school record and an NCAA qualifying mark.
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2020-21 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Awards
Week 1 (March 9, 2021)
Track Athlete of the Week: Brian Sims Jr., Lees-McRae
Field Athlete of the Week: Christian Bargaineer, Lees-McRae
Week 2 (March 16, 2021)
Track Athlete of the Week: Tyler Burns, Barton
Field Athlete of the Week: Chianti Ghee, Barton
Week 3 (March 23, 2021)
Track Athlete of the Week: Justin Burnette, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Cooper Abernathy, Lees-McRae
Week 4 (March 30, 2021)
Track Athlete of the Week: Sulaimane Bangura, Emmanuel
Field Athlete of the Week: Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Week 5 (April 6, 2021)
Track Athlete of the Week: Cas Kopmels, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Chandler Whittle, Southern Wesleyan