Big South Announces Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week - Dec. 11
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – USC Upstate junior Jared Henderson (Seneca, S.C.) is the Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week, while Spartans' junior Tony Auguste (Arlington, Va.) is the Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week for the opening week of competition, the conference office announced Wednesday.
Henderson set a school-record in the 60 meter dash at the Clemson Opner with a time of 6.80 to give him a second-place finish in the event. He also broke the program record in the 200-meter race with a time of 21.69 en route to third overall.
Auguste took first-place and set a school-record in the Weight Throw with a distance of 17.67 meters. The effort was 2.24 meters ahead of second place.