Men's Track and Field (for the week ending April 12, 2009)
Division I
Track Athlete of the Week
Brandon Jones - Hampton University
Junior, Virginia Beach, Va.
Jones won three events at the Colonial Relays last week and
helped the Pirates to a ninth-place finish. He won the
400-meter dash with a time of 48.13. The junior anchored the
4x100 and 4x200 relays teams that won with times of 41.42 and
1:26.55.
Field Athlete of the Week
Victor Gilreath - University of Maryland-Baltimore
County
Sophomore, Catonsville, Md.
Gilreath won two events at the Virginia Invitational with
a mark of two meters in the high jump. He also recorded an
IC4A qualifying jump of 14.71 meters in the triple jump.
Division
II
Co-Track Athletes of the Week
Donte Brown - University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Sophomore, Raynham, Mass.
Brown won the 400-meter dash at the UMass-Lowell George Davis
Invitational with a time of 49.28 seconds.
Kency Gilet - Pace University
Senior, Nanuet, N.Y.
Gilet placed first in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of
1:01.49 at the Wesleyan Invitational.
Field Athlete of the Week
Cory Murray - University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Sophomore, Methuen, Mass.
At the UMass-Lowell George Davis Invitational, Murray won
the shot put and set a meet record with a throw of 51-4.5
feet. The sophomore topped the previous record of 50-4 feet
set by a former River Hawk.
Division
III
Track Athlete of the Week
Mike Heymann - SUNY Plattsburgh
Sophomore, Tully, N.Y.
Heymann automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III
Championships in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:24.55 at the
Bucknell University Bison Outdoor Classic. He broke a 33-year
old school record by 12 seconds and set the fastest time in
Division III this season. The sophomore finished fourth
overall and second among collegiate runners.
Field Athlete of the Week
Erik Whiting - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Junior, Fultonville, N.Y.
Whiting posted an NCAA provisional mark in the hammer
throw at the Liberty League Championships. He posted a toss
of 53.06 meters, placing first in the event. The junior also
finished third in the discus with a throw of 37.06 meters to lead
the Engineers to their first Liberty League title since 2006.