After winning their events this past weekend in the northeast, a pair of Northwestern State track athletes have earned Southland Conference weekly awards, the conference announced Wednesday.
Following a meet in which they won the shot put and pole vault respectively, Djimon Gumbs and Madison Brown were named SLC Men’s and Women’s Field Performers of the Week.
Gumbs, a senior from Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, tossed a 58-8.5 to finish first in the event at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite in Boston.
The distance is the top one in the conference this season and the seventh-best in the South Central region.
That came a day after finishing second in the event at Harvard, recording a distance of 57-7.75.
Brown, a senior from Natchitoches, posted an indoor personal best in her event, clearing 12-6.75 to finish first out of 24 competitors.
The height is the top mark in the SLC this season by a wide margin and 21st best in the South Central region.
Brown also competed in the 60-meter hurdles, running a personal best 8.99, checking in at 25th place.
It is the first weekly award won for each athlete this season.
The NSU track and field teams continue their indoor season with a trip to Lubbock, Texas, for the Jarvis Scott Open, beginning Friday. It is the final meet prior to heading to Birmingham, Alabama, for the SLC Indoor Championships.