Justen Burnette of Mount Olive and Orlandus Gamble of UNC Pembroke Capture Final Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Weekly Honors of 2022
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Justen Burnette of Mount Olive and Orlandus Gamble of UNC Pembroke have been selected as the final 2022 weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas men’s outdoor track & field for the week ending April 25.
Burnette was tabbed as the Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this season, while Gamble picked up Field Athlete of the Week honors.
A junior sprinter from Winston, North Carolina, Burnette recorded a pair of personal- and conference-best marks at the University of South Carolina Open on April 23. In the 100m, he finished eighth with a time of 10.42 and in the 200m he placed fourth in 20.75. Both times are NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks and tops in Conference Carolinas this outdoor season. In the Southeast Region, his 100m time is third while his 200m time tops the list and ranks fourth in all of Division II. His 100m time is 19th in the country.
A redshirt junior from Kings Mountain, North Carolina, Gamble matched a personal best in the high jump at the University of South Carolina Open with a runner-up finish. Gamble outdid 12 NCAA Division I student-athletes in the event with his NCAA provisional mark of 2.11m (6-11) which leads the conference and the region and is No. 8 in NCAA II this outdoor season.
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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
Week 5 (April 5, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Joshua Chepkesir, UNC Pembroke
Field Athlete of the Week: Noah Meadows, Southern Wesleyan
Week 6 (April 12, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Christian Bargaineer, Lees-McRae
Field Athlete of the Week: Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Week 7 (April 19, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Jacob Holcombe, North Greenville
Field Athlete of the Week: Chandler Whittle, Southern Wesleyan
Week 8 (April 26, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Justen Burnette, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Orlandus Gamble, UNC Pembroke