SoCon Announces Track & Field Athletes of the Week
January 23, 2007
SPARTANBURG, S.C. ?
MEN’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Michael Mentz ? Chattanooga
Junior ? Bloemfontein, South Africa
Mentz raced to a fourth place finish in the mile at the University of Kentucky McCravy Invitational. The honor roll Biology major ran a nine second personal record of 4:12.77, which makes him the conference leader. Congratulations to Michael on being named athlete of the week.
Other top performers:
Zeb Johnson, Jr, WCU (Charlotte, N.C. ? Entrepreneurship Major) Johnson won the 200m @ the Clemson Invitational last weekend with a time 21.79. He also finished third in the 400m with a time of 49.01, ran 6.80 in the 60m prelims, and ran 6.89 in the finals to finish fourth. He split 48.0 in the 4 x 400m relay. All four performances are SoCon leading performances.