CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.org) – Clemson and Florida State both claimed a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track & Field weekly honors throughout the eighth week of the season while Louisville and North Carolina both added an additional honor.
The Tigers’ Shantae Foreman picked up her second honor of the season after earning ACC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week. Louisville freshman Cade DeWitt matched his teammate Jayden Ulrich for the most weekly awards throughout the ACC this season after garnering his third ACC Men’s Indoor Rookie of the Week honor.
ACC Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Ethan Strand, Jr., North Carolina, Vestavia, Ala.
Strand broke a fifty-year-old school record over the weekend when he ran the mile in 3:54.62 at the Eagle Invitational in Boston. Tony Waldrop had maintained possession of the Tar Heel record since 1974 before being upended by the junior from Vestavia, Alabama. Strand’s mile time was the tenth-fastest in the country this season and earned him a first place finish. It is the second straight week in which a Tar Heel has earned ACC Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honors, following Parker Wolfe’s lead.
ACC Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Dajaz DeFrand, So., Florida State, Lincoln, Neb.
DeFrand recorded two top 10 times across the NCAA over the weekend at the Tiger Paw Invitational, hosted by Clemson. The Lincoln, Nebraska, native posted a conference-leading 7.18 in the 60m dash on Friday, which ranks seventh nationally. Later in the weekend, DeFrand clocked a 200m time of 22.91, which leads the ACC and also ranks seventh nationally.
ACC Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Jeremiah Davis, Jr., Florida State, Lehigh Acres, Fla.
At the Tiger Paw Invitational, Davis set a Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex facility record in the men’s long jump, clearing a season-best 8.20m. The mark currently leads the ACC and ranks second nationally. The Lehigh Acres, Florida, native also finished as the runner-up in the triple jump, where his 16.69m leap leads the ACC and ranks third nationally.
ACC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Shantae Foreman, So., Clemson, Kingston, Jamaica
Foreman earned first place in the triple jump at the Tiger Paw Invitational after leaping 13.61m, which moved her to No. 3 on Clemson’s…
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