Firebirds Headline ECC Weekly Awards

WEST BABYLON, N.Y.- Kayla Cooper and Emmanuela Katou Kouami were named this week's ECC Track and Field Athletes. Ayesha Jarrett, Dayna Thompson, Zoe Shaw and Louis Mangeon were also named to the weekly honor roll.

Cooper had a stellar performance at the Norfolk State Invitational running two ECC season bests. Her 200m time of 25.05 was good for fifth place and was an ECC season best. She was a part of the quartet that ran 47.37 in the 4x100m which is also the top mark in the ECC this season. She also ran 12.07 in the 100m which is the second-fastest time in the ECC so far.

Emmanuela had a fifth place performance in the hammer throw at the Noroflk State Invitational, hitting a new UDC record and ECC Season best throw of 44.57m.

Jarrett ran an ECC season-best time of 57.46 in the 400m and was on the 4x100m relay that ran an ECC season-best time of 47.37.

Thompson ran two ECC season best times this weekend. She ran 12.05 in the 100m and 47.37 in the 4x100m She also ran the second fastest 200m in the ECC so far with a time of 25.20.

Shaw leaped to an ECC season-best jump of 11.16m in the triple jump. Her mark placed her eighth at the Norfolk State Invitational. 

Mangeon was undefeated on the week going 4-0. In the match against VSU, he blanked his opponent and then went on to win both his singles and doubles match up against STAC at the No.1 position.