ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its SIAC Women’s Track and Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday, March 18, honoring student-athletes for impressive performances in meets last week.
Jayla Kennedy (
Clark Atlanta) and
Diamond Richardson (
Fort Valley State) were recognized.
WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – JAYLA KENNEDY, CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
Freshman | Covington, Ga.
Kennedy broke a CAU school record last week in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.89 (1st place) at the Victory Ice Breaker Duals hosted by Berry College only to follow it up with another record breaking performance with a 1st place finish and a time of 11.88 in the 100-meter dash at this past weekend's Falcon Classic and Multi hosted by Montevallo.
WOMEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – DIAMOND RICHARDSON, FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Senior | St. Louis, Missouri
Richardson had a stellar meet at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Classic, securing two second place finishes. She threw a 12.89m mark in the shot put and snagged a second place finish in discus with a 44.66m throw.
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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.