University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Pair of Southern Miss Men Win Sun Belt Indoor Track and Field Weekly Honors
2/14/2024 10:01:00 AM | Track & Field/Cross Country
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss sprinter Kingsley Unorji (Lagos, Nigeria) and jumper De'Aundre Ward (Brandon, Miss.) collected both the Sun Belt Indoor Track and Field men's weekly honors Wednesday by the league office.
Both athletes competed in the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tenn., last weekend.
Unorji earned the track honor by running his best time this winter in the 60 meters race with a 6.66 in the finals. His previous times allowed him to bypass the qualifying round. He then won his semifinal heat at 6.73, before finishing second overall in the finals.
Ward won his second Sun Belt field honor of the winter as he placed third in the long jump seeded competition. He waited until his last leap of 7.57 meters for his best jump of the day to propel him into his final standing. Ward
won a pair of events during the regular season and did not finish lower than third in any of the four meets he competed.
The Golden Eagle now set their sights at the Sun Belt Championship meet, which is set to take place Feb. 19-20 at the CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala.
Both athletes competed in the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tenn., last weekend.
Unorji earned the track honor by running his best time this winter in the 60 meters race with a 6.66 in the finals. His previous times allowed him to bypass the qualifying round. He then won his semifinal heat at 6.73, before finishing second overall in the finals.
Ward won his second Sun Belt field honor of the winter as he placed third in the long jump seeded competition. He waited until his last leap of 7.57 meters for his best jump of the day to propel him into his final standing. Ward
won a pair of events during the regular season and did not finish lower than third in any of the four meets he competed.
The Golden Eagle now set their sights at the Sun Belt Championship meet, which is set to take place Feb. 19-20 at the CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala.
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