Men's Outdoor Track and Field Southern Conference

Livingston, Kirby Selected as Men's Athletes of the Week

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Western Carolina sophomore Cordell Livingston has been named Southern Conference Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week while Samford senior Kyle Kirby was named the SoCon Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week for their performances for all meets, March 18-20.  The selections are made by the league's track and field coaches.

Livingston, a sophomore from High Point, N.C., won the 400m hurdles at the UNCC 49er Classic over the weekend.  His preliminary time in the event of 52.40 bested his finals time of 52.58.  Livingston also ran the lead leg of the winning 4 x 100m relay and on the winning 4 x 400m relay.

Kirby, a senior at Samford, won the hammer throw at the Disney Classic at the Wide World of Sports.  His toss of 59.74m (196'0") was not only a personal best, but also a Samford record and a SoCon leading mark.

Other top performers this week included:

Appalachian State sophomore Landon Powell - Placed fourth at the Wake Forest Open in the 100m with a time of 10.77.  His preliminary time in the event was 10.71.

The Citadel senior Wells Johnson - Won the 10,000m run with a time of 32:05.52 at the Shamrock Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Davidson junior Ryan Hopkins - Won the 5000m run at the UNCC 49er Classic with a conference leading time of 14:35.86.

UNCG junior Joey Thompson - Won the 1500m event at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 3:53.51.

Chattanooga graduate student Chris Berry - Won the 1500m race with a personal best 3:53.09 at the Emory Invitational in Atlanta, Ga.

Appalachian State junior Darius Purcell - Won the high jump at the Wake Forest Open with a height of 6'11".

Western Carolina junior Jamie Van Pelt - Had a personal best throw in the hammer throw with a distance of 174'6" at the UNCC 49er Classic.  He also recorded distances of 158'2" in the discus and 169'7" in the javelin.

Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week

Mar. 16 - Paul Katam, UNCG

Mar. 23 - Cordell Livingston, Western Carolina

Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week

Mar. 16 - Michael Seaman, Samford

Mar. 23 - Kyle Kirby, Samford