MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Carl Morgan and Sarah Nambawa were both voted Most Outstanding Field Performer and Festus Chemaoi was named Freshman of the Year at the conclusion of the Sun Belt Track and Field Championships Sunday.
Morgan won both the long and triple jump at the SBC Championships, becoming the first double winner for the Blue Raider men since Roland McGhee in 1994. Morgan was the first conference triple jump winner since Jahez Salahuddin in 1997.
His NCAA provisional mark of 24-10 in the long jump was the best in a conference championship since Rob Jordan's 25-1.25 in 2000, and his mark of 50-1.75 in the triple jump was the best since McGhee's 51-6 in 1994.
Morgan is the only the second Most Outstanding Field Performer for the men after James Thomas won the award in 2006.
Nambawa placed second in the long jump with a personal-best 19-7.5 before setting a school-record mark of 44-8.25 in the triple jump. Her triple jump mark automatically qualifies her for the NCAA Indoor Championships in two weeks in Fayetteville, Ark.
She is the first winner of the SBC triple jump since Kim Freeman claimed three straight from 2001-03. It is the third time Middle Tennessee has claimed the Most Outstanding Field Performer award after Freeman won in 2001 and Freeman and Letitia Eady claimed the award in 2002.
Nambawa also placed eighth in the 400-meters and was a member of the second-place mile relay team.
Chemaoi won the mile run, placed third in the 3000-meters and finished seventh in the 5000-meters for the Blue Raiders. Chemaoi is the first Indoor Freshman of the Year for Middle Tennessee.
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