Isabelle Flores of Belmont Abbey and Mycherie Onwuzuruike of Southern Wesleyan Earn Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Isabelle Flores of Belmont Abbey 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 April 16.
Flores was selected as the Track Athlete of the Week, while Onwuzuruike earned Field Athlete of the Week accolades.
A sophomore from Orange Park, Florida Flores won the 400m hurdles at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational on Saturday with a school record and NCAA Division II provisional time of 1:01.43. Her time leads the conference and Southeast Region while ranking 20th in NCAA Division II. Flores also ranks second in Conference Carolinas in the 100m hurdles and ninth in the 400m.
A graduate student from Powder Springs, Georgia, Onwuzuruike won the long jump at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational with a school record and NCAA II provisional mark of 6.16m (20-2.5). She also finished third at the 100m with a time of 12.07 and improved her conference qualifying mark in the triple jump with an eighth-place mark of 10.69m (35-1). Onwuzuruike leads the league in the long jump and ranks 12th in the triple jump, sixth in the 100m and 10th in the 200m. Her long jump mark is also tops in the region and sixth in the division while her triple jump mark is 21st in the Southeast.
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2023 Conference Carolinas Women's Outdoor Track and Field Weekly Awards
Week 1 (March 7, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Chianel Asoburuenwu, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive
Week 2 (March 14, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Riley Nicholson, North Greenville
Field Athlete of the Week: JoAnn Smiling, North Greenville
Week 3 (March 21, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Michele Beugre, Southern Wesleyan
Field Athlete of the Week: Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive
Week 4 (March 28, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Jaylin Reeves, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive
Week 5 (April 4, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Jaylin Reeves, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Week: Jordan Brown, Converse
Week 6 (April 11, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Ruth Spijker, Converse
Field Athlete of the Week: Lillian Marino, UNC Pembroke
Week 7 (April 18, 2023)
Track Athlete of the Week: Isabelle Flores, Belmont Abbey
Field Athlete of the Week: Mycherie Onwuzuruike, Southern Wesleyan