RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the fourth GAC women’s track & field athletes of the week recipients. Oklahoma Baptist swept the honors as Asia Foster captured the Track award and Jamora Horace earned the field honor.
#theGAC TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Asia Foster, Sr., Oklahoma Baptist, Bridgetown, Barbados
Foster earned an NCAA Provisional mark in the 400-meter dash at New Mexico's Team Open. In the invitational draw of the event, she ran a 54.77 to place sixth in a field that included eight Division I runners. Her times ranks as the fastest in the GAC and as the seventh-best nationally.
#theGAC FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Jamora Horace, Sr., Oklahoma Baptist, Fort Worth, Texas
Horace established a personal best in the high jump after she cleared 1.81 meters on her second attempt at the New Mexico Team Open. She won a 21-competitor event that featured eight Division I competitors. She achieved an NCAA Provisional mark with a clearance that ranks first in Division II.
OTHERS NOMINATED
Addi Durand, So. (Ouachita Baptist), Madyson Organ, Fr. (Northwestern Oklahoma State), Josie Parks, Sr. (Harding), Tylie Thrash, Fr. (Southern Nazarene)
Diamond Brunn, Sr. (Southern Arkansas), Mercedes Glover, Jr. (Northwestern Oklahoma State), Micky McAlexander, Jr. (Southern Nazarene), Roselyn Spencer, Fr. (Harding)
A three-person committee selects all GAC Athlete of the Week awards