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NAIA Indoor T&F National Athletes of the Week (Feb. 16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Here are the NAIA Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Athletes of the Week, as released on Wednesday afternoon by the NAIA National Office.
Men’s Athletes of the Week
Men’s Track Athlete of the Week
Zouhair Talbi, Oklahoma City
Zouhair Talbi raced to the top times in the NAIA this season in the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters in the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Saturday in Boston. Talbi posted a landmark time in the 5000 meters of 13 minutes, 18.17 seconds, which ranks as the eighth-best time by a college runner in the event and the No. 1 time among the NAIA. Talbi set the NAIA indoor track & field championships meet record of 13:44.13 while winning the national title last year. Talbi’s 3000 effort of 7:53.66 ranks as the top mark in the NAIA this season.
Men’s Field Athlete of the Week
Matthew Campbell, Doane (Neb.)
Campbell posted a mark of 20.09m (65-11) to move into 2nd place on the NAIA charts this year and 1st in the GPAC. He added a throw of 16.24m (53-03.50) in the shot put to meet the NAIA automatic qualifying mark and move to 11th in the NAIA and 3rd in the GPAC. Both throws were season-best marks.
Women’s Athletes of the Week
Women’s Track Athlete of the Week
Joy Abu, William Carey (Miss.)
Abu won two of the three events she competed in and hit the NAIA ‘A’ Qualifying mark in all three to help the Crusaders win the first SSAC Women’s Indoor T&F Championship. Her 400m time is the second-best in the NAIA, her 60m Hurdle time is the third-best mark in the NAIA and her 200m mark is the fourth-best in the NAIA
Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
Brittany Jones, William Carey (Miss.)
Jones won two of the three field events at the SSAC Women’s Indoor T&F Championship and hit a pair of NAIA ‘A’ Qualifying marks. Her 6.01m long jump is the best mark in the NAIA and she also holds the NAIA’s best triple jump mark from earlier in the season. She was named Championship Top Scorer, scoring 36 points between track and field events.