BOWLING GREEN, Ky.
WKU Track and Field athletes Ventavius Sears and Karleigh Parker have been named Conference USA Athletes of the Week following their winning performances at the Gene Edmonds Invitational last weekend, the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
Sears, a sophomore, was tabbed as the league’s Co-Male Athlete of the Week after winning the long jump with a leap of 24-feet-1 inch (7.34m) and running the third leg of WKU’s runner-up 4X400-meter relay. Sears’ jump was nearly a foot farther than the field and ranks as the top jump in Conference USA this season. His Athlete of the Week honor is the first of his career.
Parker re-established her own indoor pole vault record at 12-feet-11.75 inches (3.96m) in route to C-USA Female Athlete of the Week accolades and her 11th career victory. The senior has now re-set the WKU standard in the pole vault in four-consecutive seasons. Parker’s mark is the highest in Conference USA this season and ranks 13th nationally.
Both Sears and Parker return to action with their Hilltopper and Lady Topper squads this weekend in Nashville at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational. For more information on WKU Track and Field, follow the programs on Twitter at @WKUTrackField or visit WKUSports.com.