Big South Announces Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week - Feb. 4
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – The Big South Conference announced today its Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week for competitions during the weekend of Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
UNC Asheville’s
Shemarr Session (Marietta, Ga.) was selected the Men’s Track Athlete of the Week, with High Point’s
Jason Olivera Jr. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) tabbed the Men’s Field Athlete of the Week. Asheville’s
Kelechi Anyanwu (Waldforf, Md.) earned Men’s Freshman of the Week honors.
Session won the 200m at the ECE Banked is Best Meet with a season-best time of 21.55, marking his second consecutive victory in the event.
Olivera won the pole vault at the Brant Tolsma Invitational for the second-straight year with a personal-best height of 5.28m (17’3.75”). The effort is the second-best performance in the Big South this season.
Anyanwu won the 400m at the ECE Banked is Best Meet with a winning time of 48.47 for his second overall victory this year.