NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

SPRING 2007
WEEK ENDING 4/1/07

TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

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

Williams earns NJAC Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honors after competing at the Danny Curran Invitational hosted by Widener University in Chester, PA. He placed first in a field of 39 competitors in the 100 meter dash with an ECAC qualifying time of 10.95. He also placed second in a field of 38 competitors in the 200 meters with a time of 21.92. Williams also competed as a member of the Red Hawks’ 4x100 meter relay which placed first in the 11-team race with a winning time of 43.23.

FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

Aaron Braxton, Rowan University
Sophomore
Swedesboro, NJ/Kingsway

Braxton earns NJAC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week honor for the second consecutive week after competing at the Danny Curran Invitational hosted by Widener University in Chester, PA. He placed second in a field of 40 competitors in the discus with a school-record and NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 52.81 meters. Braxton also placed second in a field of 36 competitors in the shot put with throw of 15.49 meters.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK  

Jamar Byrd, New Jersey City University
Freshman

Vineland, NJ/Vineland

Byrd earns NJAC Outdoor Rookie of the Week honors after competing at the Wagner College Invitational in Staten Island, NY. He placed second in a field of 35 competitors in the long jump with an ECAC qualifying leap of 6.71 meters. He also placed fifth in a field of 25 competitors in the triple jump with a leap of 12.81 meters. Byrd was the top Division III finisher in both the long jump and triple jump events.

PREVIOUS ATHLETES OF THE WEEK - SPRING 2007

  Track Athlete Field Athlete Rookie

Week 1

Donnie Bellamy, Jr.
NJCU
*Aaron Braxton
Rowan
Akeem Lloyd
Rutgers-Camden

Week 2

*Tony Williams
Montclair State
*Aaron Braxton
Rowan
Jamar Byrd
NJCU

* Indicates ECAC Athlete of the Week selection as well