RICHARDSON – Three ACU Track & Field athletes picked up Lone Star Conference honors Thursday as announced by the league. On the men's side ACU swept honors with Amos Sang and James Hardin while Paige Newby took home honors for the women.
On the men's side Sang was named track athlete of the week posting a time of 29:44.46 in the 10,000 meters last weekend at the Red Raider Open to finish second. However, with the altitude conversion, Sang's time of 29:15.58 puts him atop the country in the event. Also Hardin was named field athlete of the week as he won the decathlon at the 38th Annual David Noble Relays last week in San Angelo, provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Division II outdoor national championship meet in the process. ... Hardin scored 6,699 points to easily qualify. Hardin, who was in third place behind Strothers and Weaver after Thursday's first day of competition, made his move in the first event of the day when he won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.13 to collect 834 points and move into first place. He never relinquished the lead the rest of the day as he finished fourth in the discus, second in the pole vault and easily won the javelin throw to build a huge margin going into the final event, the 1500 meters. All Hardin had to do was finish the race to win the event and he did that, finishing sixth in 5:01.83.
Newby was the second athlete on the women's side as she automatically qualified for next month's NCAA Division II outdoor championship meet last Saturday with her performance at last week's Red Raider Open. Newby finished second in the discus with a mark of 157-2, which is the top mark in the nation.
The men and women are both in action over the weekend at the Mt. SAC Relays in California and the Michael Johnson Classic in Waco.
