Jaylin Reeves of Mount Olive and Zai Fraser of Lees-McRae Capture Final 2022 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Jaylin Reeves of Mount Olive and Zai Fraser of Lees-McRae have been selected as the final 2022 weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas women’s outdoor track & field for the week ending April 24.
Reeves was named Track Athletes of the Week for the second time this season, while Fraser picked up Field Athlete of the Week for the second time as well.
A junior sprinter from Warner Robbins, Georgia, Reeves posted a pair of personal best times and an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark at the University of South Carolina Open on April 23. Her 100m time of 11.85 is second in the conference this season, third fastest in the Southeast Region and ranks 35th nationally. She also posted the second-fastest 200m time in the league this outdoor season and third-best in the region with a time of 24.43.
Fraser, a sophomore jumps/sprints student-athlete from Pensacola, Florida, won the triple jump at the 2022 Aggie Classic hosted by North Carolina A&T on April 22-23 with an NCAA II provisional qualifying mark of 12.41m (40-8.75), which leads Conference Carolinas and Southeast Region and is fourth-best in NCAA II this outdoor season. She also won the long jump with a distance of 5.75m (18-10.5), which broke the previous school record set in 2004 and is the top mark in the league. She also posted a time of 12.17 in the 100-meter dash, which broke the school record set in 2021 and is the fourth-fastest in Conference Carolinas and No. 8 in the region.
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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
Week 7 (April 19, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Jharna Alston, Emmanuel
Field Athlete of the Week: Moena Battle, Emmanuel
Week 8 (April 26, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Jaylin Reeves, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Zai Fraser, Lees-McRae