ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its SIAC Men’s Track and Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday, March 18, honoring student-athletes for impressive performances in meets last week.
Cornelius Cooks II (
Fort Valley State) and
Zach Washington (
Benedict) were recognized.
MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – CORNELIUS COOKS II, FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Junior | Jacksonville, Fla.
Cooks had a superb meet up at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge with two first place finishes. He started the meet off with a 100 meter win with a 10.62 finish. Cooks stayed hot as a part of the first place winning 4x100 meter relay with a 41.24 time. He also snagged a third place finish in the 200 meter with a 21.70 time.
MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – ZACH WASHINGTON, BENEDICT COLLEGE
Junior | Columbia, S.C.
Washington finished first in the men's long jump with a jump of 7.16 meters (23 feet, 6 inches) at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge.
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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 nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
www.thesiac.com.