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TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK |
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Tony
Williams, Montclair State University
Junior
Newark, NJ/Malcolm X. Shabazz |
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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. |
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FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK |
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Aaron
Braxton, Rowan University
Sophomore
Swedesboro, NJ/Kingsway |
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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. |
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ROOKIE OF THE WEEK |
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Jamar Byrd, New Jersey City
University
Freshman
Vineland, NJ/Vineland |
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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.
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