Women's Outdoor Track and Field Southern Conference

SoCon Track and Field Athletes of the Week Honored

Appalachian State's Ernest Wiggins and Georgia Southern's Marlo Mincey were named the Men's and Women's Track and Field Athletes of the Week for their performances the week of March 15-21.

Ernest Wiggins, a senior from China Grove, NC, won the 100m at the Charlotte 49er Classic with a blazing time of 10:23 on Saturday, March 20.
That mark is a new Belk Stadium and meet record (legal wind). Besides owning the SoCon's best 100m mark in 2004, 10:23 is a NCAA Regional qualifying time and will rank him among the top collegiate 100m dashers in the nation. The senior also placed third in the 200m finals with a time of 21.42. His time of 21.38, in the preliminaries, leads the Southern Conference.

A senior from Hazelhurst, GA, Marlo Mincey helped the Eagles to a strong showing in the Flordia State Relays held March 17-20. Mincey brought home a fifth-place finish in the 400 meter hurdles with a time 59.68. After a strong showing in the 400m hurdles, the senior placed sixth in the 100m hurdles with a mark of 14.58. The Eagles return to action on March 26 when they participate in the Florida Relays in Gainsville, Florida.