Another strong meet from Northwestern State thrower Tarajh Hudson has earned him the Southland Conference Field Events Athlete of the Week award.
Hudson, a graduate student from Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas, took home his first weekly award of the season after winning the men’s discus at last week’s Bryan Clay Invitational, tossing 175-1. It gives him the top two marks in the Southland this spring.
Hudson beat competitors from Wyoming, Kansas, and fellow conference school Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, among others.
After not competing during the indoor season, he has thrown it least 170-0 in each of his four meets so far, including 175-0 in his last three.
Hudson leads the Southland in the event with a toss of 181-1 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational.
It is the sixth weekly award for NSU, joining Rushana Dwyer and Sileena Farrell (women’s track), Eliska Zahradnickova (women’s field), Kalen Beavers (men’s track) and La’Darion Dudley (men’s field).
Next up for Hudson and his teammates are a trip to the state’s capital city for the LSU Alumni Gold, a meet held Saturday at LSU. It will be Northwestern’s second-to-last meet prior to the outdoor conference championships next month at Stephen F. Austin.
