Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Felix and Redhead earn Athletes of the Week


NEW YORK, February 14, 2012 – Kurt Felix and Janelle Redhead of Grenada earned themselves top honours in their respective conferences this week.
Felix of Boise State University earned his second straight Mountain West Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honour in as many weeks.
According to the school’s website, the Grenadian athlete shared the award with Ross Millington of New Mexico.
Felix won the Men’s Heptathlon title at the Boise State Team Challenge last weekend, setting new Mountain West and Boise State all-time records, respectively, by tallying 5,771 points to capture the individual crown, the website said.
He also set a new Jacksons Indoor Track facility record in the process. During the heptathlon, Felix set a career-best mark in the long jump (7.66m) and a season-best mark of 2.14m in the high jump.
Felix also earned the athlete of the week award on February 7, 2012.
Meantime, for the second week in a row Redhead and her Wayland University’s teammate Kennedy Kithuka have been names as Sooner Athletic Conference Women’s and Men’s Track Athletes of the Week.
Redhead turned in the best time in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the 200 metres and set a new school record in 23.68 seconds. Redhead also met the automatic qualifying standard in the 60m with a time of 7.47, the third-fastest in the NAIA this indoor season, competing at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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