Lauren Beatty of Converse and Mycherie Onwuzuruike of Southern Wesleyan Earn Women’s Indoor Track and Field Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Lauren Beatty of Converse and Mycherie Onwuzuruike of Southern Wesleyan were selected as the Conference Carolinas weekly award winners for women’s indoor track and field for the week ending Jan. 15.
Beatty was selected as the Track Athlete of the Week, while Onwuzuruike earned Field Athlete of the Week accolades.
A freshman from Winchester, Virginia, Beatty competed at the Gamecock Opener this past weekend and placed 10th in the mile and eighth in the 800m. Her time of 5:17.62 in the mile is the top mark in Conference Carolinas this season and is the fourth-best time in the Southeast Region. She also posted the fourth-fastest league time and eighth-fastest mark in the region in the 800m (2:27.79). She also owns the fastest 3000m time in the conference this season at 10:50.50 set on Dec. 3, 2022.
A graduate student from Powder Springs, Georgia, Onwuzuruike set a program record in the long jump at the Gamecock Opener with a second-place mark of 5.87m (19-3.25). The mark bested the previous facility record, is the top mark in Conference Carolinas, ranks second in the region and is an NCAA Division II provisional mark good for 10th in all of NCAA II. She also placed fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.35m (37-3) which ranks second in both the league and the region. This is the second weekly award for Onwuzuruike this season as she was named Conference Carolinas Women’s Track Athlete of the Week on Dec. 6.
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2022-23 Conference Carolinas Women’s Indoor Track and Field Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Dec. 6, 2022)
Track Athlete of the Week: Mycherie Onwuzuruike, Southern Wesleyan
Field Athlete of the Week: Jada Pittman, Southern Wesleyan
Week 2 (Jan. 17, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Lauren Beatty, Converse
Field Athlete of the Week: Mycherie Onwuzuruike, Southern Wesleyan