RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the 14th GAC women’s track & field athletes of the week recipients. Harding’s Leila Ngapout won the track award and the Lady Bisons’ Roselyn Spencer earned the field accolade.
#theGAC TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Leila Ngapout, Jr., Harding, Fairview, Texas
At the Bryan Phillips Open, she won the 100-meter dash in a personal-best time of 11.67 seconds. She finished almost a half second ahead of the field with the second-fastest time in the GAC this season. She added a win in the 200. She ran a PR time of 24.20 seconds, the fourth-best time in the league. She ran on both relay teams, each finished second.
#theGAC FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Roselyn Spencer, Fr., Harding, Paris, Texas
Spencer won the Heptathlon at the Bryan Phillips Open. She finished with 5,240 points - a personal record, a Harding record and the seventh-best total in Division II this season. She took first in the 100-meter hurdles and the high jump. She claimed second in the 200. She placed third in the shot put and the 800. She added fourth-place finishes in the long jump and javelin.
OTHERS NOMINATED
Jamora Horace, Sr. (Oklahoma Baptist), Mercy Kibiwott, Sr. (East Central), Ja'Marriah Powell, Fr. (Southeastern Oklahoma State), Jamira Ross, Sr. (Northwestern Oklahoma State), Abriel Thrash, Jr. (Southern Nazarene)
Kaitlyn Ervin, So. (Southeastern Oklahoma State), Gabriella Hall, So. (Northwestern Oklahoma State), Kiara Stallin, Fr. (Oklahoma Baptist)
A three-person committee selects all GAC Athlete of the Week awards