ATLANTA – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced weekly honors for men's and women's track and field on Tuesday, April 16. Albany State’s Jayvon Hutchinson was named Men's Track Athlete of the Week, while Spring Hill’s Ethan Elliott was named Men's Field Athlete of the Week. Miles’ Kiersten Clark was named Women's Track Athlete of the Week, and Albany State's Mykhayla Carroll brought home an additional honor for the Golden Rams as Women's Field Athlete of the Week.
MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Jayvon Hutchinson, Albany State University
Junior | Newark, NJ
Hutchinson dominated the Alice Coachman Invitational, clinching first place in the 110m hurdles and the 4x100m relay. He recorded a swift 14.51 seconds in the hurdles and anchored his team to victory in the relay with an impressive time of 40.03 seconds.
MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Ethan Elliott, Spring Hill College
Freshman | Pyeongtaek, South Korea
Freshman phenom Elliott continues to climb the SIAC standings in multiple events while smashing SHC program records. This weekend at the Doc Anderson Invitational, he moved up to third in the conference hammer throw rankings while finishing seventh in Troy with a record-breaking mark of 43.70m in a field that featured many DI talents. Elliott holds the second-best discus attempt in the SIAC and broke a nine-year-old program record with a 47.06m throw that was good enough for seventh at Troy. Finally, he placed fifth overall in the shot put (14.92m).
WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Kiersten Clark, Miles College
Junior | Courtland, MS
Kiersten Clark had a big weekend at the Doc Anderson Invitational, hosted by Troy University. Clark won the 200 meters in 24.81 seconds, .47 second ahead of the field. She took third in the 100 meters in 11.77 seconds, which is top-20 in NCAA Division II this year. She anchored the 4x100 relay, which Miles won in 47.41 seconds, nearly two seconds in front of second-place Tuskegee. Finally, Clark helped the 4x400 relay finish third (behind two Division I schools), with a top-100 time in Division II, knocking nearly four seconds off the previous best time this season.
WOMEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK - Mykhayla Carroll, Albany State University
Freshman | Loganville, GA
Carroll displayed her field event skills at the Alice Coachman Invite, winning the hammer throw with a 48.18-meter throw. She also secured second place in the discus and shot put, marking distances of 43.62 meters and 11.51 meters, respectively. Her results confirm her status as a leading contender in the SIAC field events.
About the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors seven men's and six women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit www.thesiac.com.