ARLINGTON, Texas – Southern Utah’s Jaedyn Carpenter and UTRGV’s Jedidiah Udunna have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, for the meet week ending on Sunday, Apr. 7.
 
Carpenter (Fr.) ran to the top of the WAC 400-meter rankings this weekend at the UNLV Home Meet. Carpenter is now the only athlete in the WAC to break 46 seconds in the 400-meter event, clocking in a time of 45.94 winning the meet’s event. Carpenter also checks in the top 15 nationally, having the 13^th best time in the country.
 
Udunna (So.) set a new personal-best and broke his own UTRGV outdoor long jump record in a highly competitive field at the Texas A&M’s 44 Farms Invitational. Udunna placed fourth in the meet with a jump of 7.92 meters (26-0.00) putting him first in the WAC and tenth in the nation. The two student-athletes that placed ahead of Udunna in College Station are ranked first and second in the country, the third being a non-college participant.

2024 TicketSmarter WAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Awards
 
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Jaedyn Carpenter, Fr., Southern Utah (Apr. 10)
Valentin Soca, So., California Baptist (Apr. 3)
Erin Brown, Sr., Grand Canyon (Mar. 27)
Germain Lemaitre, So., Grand Canyon (Mar. 20)
 
MEN’S OUTDOOR FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Jedidiah Udunna, So., UTRGV (Apr. 10)
Jack Hodge, Gr., Grand Canyon (Apr. 3)
Israel Oloyede, Gr., Grand Canyon (Mar. 27)
Ben Moffett, So., Grand Canyon (Mar. 20)