Jharna Alston of Emmanuel and Candise Lockett of Mount Olive Named Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Jharna Alston of Emmanuel and Candise Lockett of Mount Olive have been selected as the weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas women’s outdoor track & field for the week ending April 10.
Alston was named Track Athlete of the Week, while Lockett picked up Field Athlete of the Week accolades for the third time this outdoor season.
A senior sprinter from Mobile, Alabama, Alston posted the top time in the league in the 100m and 200m at the Flames Invitational. Alston won the 100m with a time of 11.97, which is No. 2 in the Southeast Region and placed second in the 200m with a time of 24.74. The time is also second in the region. She also competed on the 4x100m relay team which finished fifth with a time of 49.30.
Lockett, a senior from Birmingham, England, was the top NCAA Division II finisher in the women’s hammer throw at the Duke Invitational with an NCAA II provisional qualifying mark of 54.35m (178-4), which was good enough for seventh in the event.
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2022 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Awards
Week 1 (March 8, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Isabelle Flores, Belmont Abbey
Field Athlete of the Week: Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive
Week 2 (March 15, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Hailey Russell, Barton
Field Athlete of the Week: Ashley Teilborg, Barton
Week 3 (March 22, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Michele Beugre, Southern Wesleyan
Field Athlete of the Week: Candise Lockett, Mount Olive
Week 4 (March 29, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Quanterra Harrison, UNC Pembroke
Field Athlete of the Week: Candise Lockett, Mount Olive
Week 5 (April 5, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Jaylin Reeves, Mount Olive;
Britney Augustin, Lees-McRae
Field Athlete of the Week: Zai Fraser, Lees-McRae
Week 6 (April 12, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Jharna Alston, Emmanuel
Field Athlete of the Week: Candise Lockett, Mount Olive