SoCon announces Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
SoCon Performers showcase elite marks
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Samford’s Bradley Franklin and Bryce Davis have been named this week’s Southern Conference Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week. ETSU’s Micailah Cook and Samford’s JT Shaw have been selected as the Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, the conference office announced Wednesday.
Cook ran a personal‑best 53.76 in the 400m at the Wake Forest Invitational. With that performance, the Buccaneers sophomore set a new ETSU school record and moved into the conference lead. She also placed second in the 200m with a time of 23.88, another SoCon‑leading mark.
Shaw threw a season‑best 13.71m in the shot put at the Georgia Tech Invitational to finish fifth. She also recorded marks of 42.86m in the discus and 49.99m in the hammer.
Franklin recorded the seventh‑fastest time in NCAA history and the world lead under any conditions, running a NCAA‑leading 13.07 in the 110m hurdles at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida.
Davis earned a personal best in the hammer throw with a conference‑leading mark of 56.77m at the Georgia Tech Invitational. The Bulldogs sophomore also posted a 16.44m throw in the shot put.
Looking ahead to the weekend of April 24, Samford will host the Samford Invitational, while ETSU will compete at the Catamount Invitational hosted by Western Carolina.
2025-26 Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week
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March 18 |
Men’s Track – Trevor Williams, WCU Men’s Field – Austin Cline, WCU Women’s Track – Shaneil Lysight, WCU Women’s Field – Ellison Chadwick, Samford |
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March 25 |
Men’s Track – Trevor Williams, WCU Men’s Field – Austin Cline, WCU Women’s Track – Naturale Faison, VMI Women’s Field – Sadler Miller, WCU |
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April 1 |
Men's Track - Albert Velikonja, Furman Men's Field - Bryce Davis, Samford Women's Track - Aaliyah Mbenda, Samford Women's Field - JT Shaw, Samford |
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April 8 |
Men's Track - Christian Roberts, WCU Men's Field - Austin Cline, WCU Women's Track - Taylor Jennings-Ward, Wofford Women's Field - Toria Roundtree, WCU |
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April 15 |
Men’s Track – Bradley Franklin, Samford Men’s Field – Bryce Davis, Samford Women’s Track – Annie Miller, Furman Women’s Field – Lindsey Havens, Samford |
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April 22 |
Men’s Track – Bradley Franklin, Samford Men’s Field – Bryce Davis, Samford Women’s Track – Micailah Cook, ETSU Women’s Field – JT Shaw, Samford |
Also nominated: Albert Velikonja, Furman - Men's Track