BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri Track & Field picked up six all-conference weekly awards from the Ohio Valley Conference, the league announced Wednesday afternoon.
Parker Feuerborn, Chris Johnson (Co-Male & Freshman),
Breanna Miles,
Jaden Kight, and
Clara Billing all earned weekly awards from the conference for their performance last weekend at the South Alabama Invite.
Feuerborn was selected as the OVC Co-Male Field Athlete of the Week having finished second out of 16 competitors in the men's hammer throw. The graduate student heaved the hammer 210' 10" (64.26m) to take home the silver medal.
Chris Johnson picked up a pair of awards. Johnson earned Co-Male Track Athlete of the Week as well as Freshman of the Week honors after finishing in first in the men's 100-meter dash in a time of 10.67, setting a new personal-best.
He also finished in third place in the men's 200-meter dash (21.97) and won the men's long jump with a final jump of 23' 10.25" (7.27m) to take home the gold medal.
Breanna Miles was selected as the Co-Female Track Athlete of the Week for her first place finish in both the 400-meter and 200-meter dash. The junior from Memphis, Tenn. placed first in the 400-meter in a time of 56.63.
She crossed the line in 24.44 in the women's 200-meter dash to take home the gold medal out of 33 athletes.
Jaden Kight, the senior from Whitewater, Mo., earned Co-Female Field Athlete of the Week for her performance in the javelin. Kight threw the javelin a distance of 150' 4" (45.82m) to finish atop the podium, out of 14 competitors.
Freshman
Clara Billing won the Female Freshman of the Week award after she finished first in the women's pole vault. Billing cleared a height of 12' 8" (3.86m) to win the event.
She also placed eighth out of 33 runners in the women's 200-meter. Billing crossed the line in 25.85.
SEMO Track & Field will head to the Bulldog Relays in Starkville, Miss. Thursday-Saturday, March 23-25, to continue the 2023 Outdoor campaign at Mississippi State.