RICHARDSON – ACU seniors Andrew McDowell and Ramon Sparks were each honored by the Lone Star Conference on Thursday as the league handed out its weekly LSC Track and Field Athlete of the Week awards.
McDowell – a senior from Kansas City, Mo. – was named the co-Track Athlete of the Week, while Sparks – also a senior from Kansas City, Mo. – was named the co-Field Athlete of the Week.
McDowell – despite already having the nation's second-fastest time in the 110-meter hurdles – finished second last Saturday in the event at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin. McDowell ran a 14.12 in the prelims and clocked in at 14.17 in the finals to finish second. McDowell is already a provisional qualifier for next month's NCAA Division II outdoor championship meet with a time of 13.79.
Sparks finished fourth in the "A" section of the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays last Saturday in Austin with a wind-aided triple jump of 52 feet, 10.75 inches. Sparks, however, posted the nation's second-best mark and an automatic
qualifying mark for next month's NCAA Division II outdoor championship meet earlier in the competition with his mark of 52-1.25 earlier in Saturday's competition.
The Wildcat track and field teams will be back in action this weekend at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.
