Four track and field standouts have been recognized with Lone Star Conference Athlete of the Week honors for meets April 13-20. The awards were announced Friday by league officials.

The weekly awards will continue through the LSC Championships Meet, which is slated for May 4-6 in Commerce, Texas. LSC Track & Field Athletes of the Week

LSC Men's Track Athlete of the Week
Johnny Jacob, Abilene Christian
sprinter, 5-10, 165, sr, 1VL, Houston (Alief Hastings HS)
In his first 400 meter race outdoors this spring, Jacob posted a provisional qualifying time in the event en route to winning the 400 meters at the David Noble Relays in San Angelo. Jacob posted his qualifying time of 47.64 while winning the 400 meters, and it is the sixth-best time in Division II this season.

LSC Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Abel Garcia, Texas A&M-Kingsville
So., Del Rio, Texas
Abel won the hammer throw with a season best effort of 165-7 at the Battle of the Cacti Meet in Corpus Christi, beating Division I Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's throwers. He also finished second in the discus and fourth in the shot put.

LSC Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Danielle Stinnette, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Sr., Los Angeles, Calif.
Stinnette won both the 100 and 200 meter dashes and ran on the winning 4 x 100-meter relay team as the Javelina women's track team to a 115-64 dual meet win over Division I Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the Battle of the Cacti Meet in Corpus Christi. Stinnette ran an 11.7 in the 100 meters and 25.2 in the 200 meters and the 4 x 100 team ran a 48.2.

LSC Women's Field Athlete of the Week
Jessica Withrow, Abilene Christian
Heptathlete, 5-5, soph, 1VL, Muleshoe, Texas (Muleshoe HS)
Withrow won the heptathlon last Friday at the David Noble Multi-Event Meet in San Angelo with the best point total in NCAA Division II women's track and field this season. Withrow had the previous season best point total in the nation (4,864 points), but she topped that total last weekend with a season-best 4,892 points en route to winning the event championship at the ASU Multipurpose Stadium.

LSC Track & Field Notes

• This week's awards mark the first of the 2007 spring season for LSC track and field. The weekly honors will be presented throughout the spring as the league teams prepare for the LSC Championships Meet on May 4-6 in Commerce, Texas.

• A&M-C's Leslie White finished 2nd place overall at the Boathouse Sports North Texas Classic in Denton on April 14. In his 2nd place overall finish in the javelin, White was the top finisher among collegians at the meet, with his distance of 167'6".
  
• ENMU's Kyle Harris placed third in the triple jump at the David Noble Relays in San Angelo, TX. Harris turned in a jump of 49-0.75 at his first meet of the season. This jump was Kyle's personal record.
  
• TAMUK's Kendra Lilly won four field events to pace the Javelina women's track team to a 115-64 dual meet win over Division I Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the Battle of the Cacti Meet in Corpus Christi. Lilly won the hammer, javelin, discus and shot put. Her throw of 45-8 in the shot put was her best of the season and improved on her NCAA provisional qualifying mark set earlier this season.
  
• A&M-C's Britney Fisher placed in the top-10 in both the shot put and discus events at the Boathouse Sports North Texas Classic in Denton on April 14. In the shot put, she finished 10th place, with a throw of 34'7.5". In the discus, she finished 3rd, with a distance of 126'2".
  
• In her first time running the 200m this spring, A&M-C's Katie Barthold recorded a team-best time of 26.61 seconds at the Boathouse Sports North Texas Classic in Denton on April 14. The meet was difficult for most participants, due to the high winds that were present.
  
• A&M-C's Kyle Thompson set a new season-best in the 110m hurdles, with a time of 14.89 seconds, improving his previous best of 14.95 seconds. Thompson finished 4th place overall the Boathouse Sports North Texas Classic in Denton on April 14. In his 4th place finish overall, Thompson finished 2nd among collegians. Thompson's time of 14.89 also puts him in the top-5 in the Lone Star Conference.
  
• ENMU's Dennis Kerg ran a time of 1:55.83 at the David Noble Relays in San Angelo, TX. This time was a season best for Dennis. He also ran on the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay.
  
• The ACU men's track team has already posted 19 provisional qualifiers in 10 events and one provisional relay (4x100) and four automatic qualifiers in five events three weeks before the LSC championship meet. ... The women's team, meanwhile, has posted 14 provisional qualifiers in 11 events and one relay (4x100) and one automatic qualifier in an individual event and one relay (4x400). ... The ACU men have the top-ranked athlete in the 10,000 meters (Nicodemus Naimadu), pole vault (Kyle Dennis) and the triple jump (Davy Manga). ... The ACU women, meanwhile, have the top-ranked athlete in the 800 meters (Mary Mwangi), 3000 steeplechase (Olha Kryv'yak), 4x400 relay (Venessa Whittle, Denise Morgan, Mary Mwangi and Azraa Rounds), pole vault (Angie Aguilar), and heptathlon (Jessica Withrow).

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