TicketSmarter WAC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – After record breaking performances on both track and field events, Stephen F. Austin's Nissi Kabongo has been named TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week for April 6 through April 10.
Kabongo, a junior from Plano, Texas, collected two wins and set two program records at the Carl Knight Invitational, Thursday through Saturday.
Kabongo won the 400-meter hurdles with a career best time of 58.75 seconds, breaking SFA's previous program record (58.98 seconds) set by Dominique Jackson in 2018. Her performance in the 400-meter hurdles puts her first in the WAC and 28th in the NCAA performance lists according to TFRRS. She then came back to win the high jump with an outdoor best mark of 1.82m (5' 11.5"), first in the WAC and 16th in the NCAA performance lists. This time too she broke SFA's previous program record of 1.79m (5' 10.75") set by Teresa Murray in 2005.
Other track nominees: Abilene Christian's Briahna Gerlach won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:32.48, eighth in the WAC performance list, at the Carl Knight Invitational … Grand Canyon's Alexa Hokanson placed third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:05.72, second in the WAC and 26th in the NCAA performance lists, at the Sun Angel Classic, Thursday through Saturday … NM State's Jhana Downie won the 200-meter dash with time of 23.90 seconds, fourth in the WAC performance list, and finished runner-up in the 100-meter dash (11.80) at the New Mexico Spring Invite, Thursday … Tarleton's Jenna Brazeal won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:39.37 at the North Texas Classic, Saturday … UT Rio Grande Valley's Samantha Gonzalez finished runner-up in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:45.76 at the UIW Invitational, Friday through Saturday … Utah Valley's Larissa Dabb won the 400-meter run with a time of 55.06 seconds, fourth in the WAC performance list, at the Weber State Spring Open, Friday.
Other field nominees: Abilene Christian's Annina Brandenburg won the shot put with a mark of 16.28m (53' 5") which would be third in the WAC and 30th in the NCAA performance lists. She also won the discus throw with a mark of 55.92m (183' 5") which would place second in the WAC behind her own season best and 14th in NCAA performance lists, at the North Texas Classic … Grand Canyon's Alyson Schwartz placed second in pole vault with a mark of 4.10m (13' 5.25"), second in the WAC and 38th in the NCAA performance lists, at the Sun Angel Classic …. Lamar's Parl Eelma placed third in Heptathlon with a score of 4,892 at the Carl Knight Invitational … NM State's Makiya Moore won the discus throw with a mark of 46.52m (152' 7"), fourth in the WAC performance list, at the New Mexico Spring Invite … Tarleton's Rylee Hennig won the high jump with a mark of 1.75m (5' 8.75"), second in the WAC and 48th in the NCAA performance lists, at the North Texas Classic … Utah Valley's Kelsi Oldroyd won the javelin with a mark of 45.92m (150' 8"), fourth in the WAC performance list, at the Utah Spring Classic, Saturday.