NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

WINTER 2007-08
WEEK ENDING 1/27/08

TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

Tony Williams, Montclair State University
Senior
Newark, NJ/Malcolm X. Shabazz

Williams earns NJAC Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honors after traveling to New York City to compete at the Great Dane Classic contested at the 168th Street Armory. He placed third in a field of 46 predominantly Division I competitors in the 55 meters with an NCAA provisional time of 6.43. Williams, who was competing in the 55 meters for the first time this season, registered a time which was just four-tenths of a second off of his own school-record in the event.

FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

Eugene Asimou, Montclair State University
Junior
Livingston, NJ/Livingston

Asimou earns NJAC Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honors for the third time this season after traveling to New York City to compete at the Great Dane Classic contested at the 168th Street Armory. He placed second in a field of 21 predominantly Division I competitors in the shot put with an NCAA provisional throw of 16.12 meters. In three meets on the season, Asimou has posted two first and one second-place finishes in the shot put.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK  

Kyle Hayes, Rowan University
Freshman
Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro

Hayes earns NJAC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week honors for the second consecutive week after traveling to Bethlehem, PA to compete at Lehigh University’s John Covert Classic. He placed second in a field of Division I, II and III competitors in the long jump with an NCAA provisional leap of 7.0 meters. Hayes also placed fifth in a field of 32 competitors in the 60 meters with a time of 7.20.

PREVIOUS ATHLETES OF THE WEEK - WINTER 2007-08

  Track Athlete Field Athlete Rookie

Week 1

Matthew St. Germain
Ramapo
*Eugene Asimou
Montclair State
Marc Robinson
NJCU

Week 2

Pasquale DiGioacchino
TCNJ
*Eugene Asimou
Montclair State
Nnaemeka Ibeh
Rutgers-Newark

Week 3

Akeem Lloyd
Rutgers-Camden
Brian Donatelli
TCNJ
Kyle Hayes
Rowan

Week 4

Tony Williams
Montclair State
*Eugene Asimou
Montclair State
Kyle Hayes
Rowan

* Indicates ECAC Athlete of the Week selection as well