Sulaimane Bangura of Emmanuel and Jon Wojcuich of Mount Olive Capture Men’s Track and Field Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Sulaimane Bangura of Emmanuel and Jon Wojcuich of Mount Olive have been selected as the weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas outdoor track & field for the week ending March 29.
Bangura was tabbed as the Track Athlete of the Week, while Wojcuich picked up Field Athlete of the Week accolades for the second consecutive week and third time during the outdoor season.
A native of Conyers, Georgia, Bangura won the 400m at the Weems Baskin Relays with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 46.77, which was .06 seconds faster than Nike’s Myles Pringle who finished second. The time is also the fastest in NCAA Division II this outdoor season. He also ran in the 200m where he finished 18th with a career-best time of 21.80, which ranks eighth in Conference Carolinas and 16th in the Southeast Region.
Wojcuich continued to extend his NCAA provisional mark in the hammer throw with a throw of 61.36m (201-4) at the Addidas Trojan Challenge which earned him a second-place finish. The Beulaville, North Carolinas native also placed 13th in the discus (39.78m, 130-6) and 14th in the shot put (12.30m, 40-4.25). He currently leads the league in the hammer, is third in the shot put and is fourth in the javelin.
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2022 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Awards
Week 1 (March 8, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Tyler Burns, Barton
Field Athlete of the Week: Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Week 2 (March 15, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Justin Marshall, Barton
Field Athlete of the Week: Chianti Ghee, Barton
Week 3 (March 22, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Justen Burnette, Mount Olive;
Noah Meadows, Southern Wesleyan
Field Athlete of the Week: Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Week 4 (March 29, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Sulaimane Bangura, Emmanuel
Field Athlete of the Week: Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive