With home competition approaching Saturday, the Northwestern State track and field program collected three three Southland Conference weekly awards following its outdoor debut last weekend.
Sileena Farrell (women’s track), Kalen Beavers (men’s track) and La’Darion Dudley (men’s field) all took home SLC weekly honors, the league announced Wednesday.
It is the first time NSU has had three weekly award winners this season and first since April of 2025 when Elijah Rowe, Justin Craft and Samari Finney earned the awards.
The recent trio will be in action Saturday in Northwestern’s only home competition, the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational at the Walter P. Ledet Track and Field Complex, the final home meet for Farrell and the rest of her senior class.
Last Saturday at the Louisiana Classics meet in Lafayette, Farrell ran a personal-best 11.47 to win the 100 meter dash in a 39-runner field. The time is not only the top mark in the SLC, but also fourth in the South Central Region and 18th nationally.
Farrell was also a part of the 4×100 relay team that won the event at the meet with the top time in the SLC, fourth in the region and 25th nationally.
Also on the track, Beavers delivered once again. Fresh off being named SLC Indoor Male Athlete of the Year, the junior from Carencro won both the 100 and 200 and currently having the top outdoor times in the events in the Southland.
In the men’s 100, Beavers ran a personal best 10.20 to win the event before posting another personal best in the 200, clocking a 20.72.
In addition to leading the league in those events, he is No. 2 in the region in the 100 and sixth in the 200.
His 10.20 in the 100 is tied for the seventh-best mark in the nation early in this outdoor season so far and his 200 time is tied for 17th.
Dudley, a newcomer who is a junior, set a personal best in the shot put with a toss of 58-4.50 to win the event. His mark is tops in the league by a foot and a half.
His toss is fifth in the South Central Region and 19th nationally.
