LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Senior distance runner Joe Sponsel and junior field athlete Joey Quintero of Southwestern University have been named SCAC Track and Field Athletes of the Week after impressive performances this past weekend.
Sponsel, a senior from Georgetown, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Track Athlete-of-the-Week for meets through Sunday, March 23rd.
Sponsel won his first ever event, winning the 3000 meter steeplechase at the Texas A&M Kingsville Cactus Cup Invitational this past weekend in Kingsville, Texas.
Sponsel finished in a time of 10:40.63 to earn 10 points for the Pirates, the highest single event point total for any Pirate at the meet.
The Pirate men finished in seventh place overall out of nine, majority upper-level teams.
Quintero, a junior from Karnes, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Field Athlete-of-the-Week for meets through Sunday, March 23rd.
Quintero led the Pirates' men's throwing team at the Texas A&M Kingsville Cactus Cup Invitational on Saturday.
Quintero's marks of 10.75m in the shot, 34.95m in the discus, 31.00m in the hammer and 36.11m in the javelin led the Pirates to a seventh place finish.
Southwestern returns to the track on Friday, competing in the Tiger Relays hosted by Trinity University.