NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

SPRING 2008
WEEK ENDING 4/6/08

TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

Will Brown, Montclair State University
Freshman
Gloucester, NJ/Palmyra

Brown earns NJAC Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honors after traveling to Philadelphia to compete at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Invitational contested at Franklin Field. He placed first in a field of 24 Division I, II, and III competitors in 110 meter hurdles with a NCAA provisional time of 14.60.

FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK  

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

Asimou earns NJAC Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week honors after traveling to Philadelphia to compete at the Penn Invitational held at Franklin Field. He placed first in a field of 22 competitors in the shot put with a NCAA provisional mark of 15.74 meters. Asimou also placed ninth in a field of 21 competitors in the hammer throw with a mark of 45.30 meters.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK  

Nnaemeka Ibeh, Rutgers-Newark
Sophomore
Colonia, NJ/Colonia

Ibeh earns NJAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week honors after traveling to Philadelphia to compete at the Penn Invitational contested at Franklin Field. He placed fourth in a field of 38 competitors in the 100 meter dash with a school-record and ECAC qualifying time of 11.05. He also placed third in a field of 47 competitors in the 200 meters with a school-record and ECAC qualifying time of 21.89. Ibeh, who was the top Division III finisher in both the 100 and 200, also was a member of the Scarlet Raiders’ 4x400 meter relay which placed 10th in a field of 18 teams with a school-record and ECAC qualifying time of 3:24.81.

PREVIOUS ATHLETES OF THE WEEK - SPRING 2008

  Track Athlete Field Athlete Rookie

Week 1

Abad Akhtar
Richard Stockton
*Sean Corey
Rowan
Kyle Hayes
Rowan

Week 2

Marc Robinson
NJCU
Sean Corey
Rowan
Chris Zeigler
Ramapo

Week 3

Will Brown
Montclair State
*Eugene Asimou
Montclair State
Nnaemeka Ibeh
Rutgers-Newark

* Indicates ECAC Athlete of the Week selection as well