SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Furman’s Tripp Hurt and Samford’s Sidney Jordan have been named the Southern Conference Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for meets over the weekend. The selections are made by the league’s track and field coaches.
Hurt ran the 3,000 meters with a conference-best converted time of 8:16.75 at the High Point Team Challenge. The senior topped the previous conference-best mark by four seconds and missed setting a Furman school record by just two seconds.
Jordan set a new conference-leading mark with a shot put throw of 50 feet, 0.5 inches at the Samford Multi and Invitational over the weekend. He also posted a throw of 53 feet, 3.5 inches in the weight throw at the meet.
Furman’s Grace Tinkey and Samford’s Ashley Cope were selected as the Southern Conference Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week for meets over the weekend. The selections are made by the league’s track and field coaches.
Tinkey shattered the Furman record in the 3,000 meters by more than 13 seconds, finishing with a time of 9:33.36. Her time was good enough for second place at the High Point Team Challenge and is the fifth-best time among NCAA freshmen this season. Tinkey’s time also was a SoCon best for this season by more than six seconds. She was also named Track Athlete of the Week on Jan. 29.
Cope set a new Samford record and new conference-best score in the pentathlon at the Samford Multi and Invitational over the weekend, scoring 3,653. She broke her previous conference high of 3,600, which she set at the Samford Stand Alone Multi Competition on Jan. 16.
Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Jan. 22 – Adam Jones, Samford
Jan. 29 – Jamaal Brantley, The Citadel
Feb. 5 – Brandon Hazouri, Samford
Feb. 12 – Tripp Hurt, Furman
Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Jan. 22 – Brandon Bassett, Samford
Jan. 29 – David Johnson, Western Carolina
Feb. 12 – Sidney Jordan, Samford
Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Jan. 22 – Teghan Henderson, Chattanooga
Jan. 29 – Grace Tinkey, Furman
Feb. 5 – Genvieve Emrick, Western Carolina
Feb. 12 – Grace Tinkey, Furman
Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Jan. 22 – Chenell Bryan, Western Carolina
Jan. 29 – Michaela Birek, Western Carolina
Feb. 5 – Makayla Roten Appalachian State
Feb. 12 – Ashley Cope, Samford