MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee's Sarah Nambawa was voted the Sun Belt Female Field Athlete of the Week after her performances at the Clemson Relays, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday.
Nambawa picked up in the first outdoor meet of the season right where she left off indoors. The Kampala, Uganda, native recorded eight victories indoors this season, including six in the long and triple jump.
Over the weekend at Clemson, she won the long jump with a mark of 19-1.5 and the triple jump with a mark of 42-5.5. The sophomore was also a member of the winning 4x400-meter relay that finished in 3:52.71.
It is the third SBC Field Athlete of the Week accolade for Nambawa after she won twice last season - March 27 and April 24. Letitia Eady (March 19, 2002) and Kim Freeman (April 23, 2003) are the only other Blue Raider females to claim the award.
USTFCCCA PRESEASON RANKINGS: The United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association released its preseason outdoor rankings on Wednesday and Nambawa, sophomore MeLyn Thompson and senior Carlos Morgan as well as a pair of men's relays were part of the rankings.
The rankings are based only on last year's outdoor performances and do not reflect any of this season's indoor efforts.
Morgan is ranked ninth in the long jump, while the men's 4x100-meter relay is 10th and the 4x400-meter relay ranks 27th.
For the women, Nambawa is 29th in the triple jump and Thompson ranks 17th in the shot put.
Complete rankings may be found at ustfccca.org.
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