Wingate's Chahid and Newberry's Crowell Named South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate's Hamza Chahid was named the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week, and Newberry's Kegan Crowell was named the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week for meets contested during the fifth week of the outdoor track & field season, the Conference office announced today.

Chahid, a freshman distance runner from Casablanca, Mexico, posted the second-fastest 5,000-meter run mark in NCAA Division II when he took third at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 13:33.32. In addition to be in an NCAA provisional time, Chahid's time set a new Wingate record for the 5,000-meter by 22 seconds.

Crowell, a senior thrower from Beaufort, S.C., had an impressive showing at the Electric City Invitational where he won the hammer throw with a toss of 51.77 meters and came in second in the discus with a throw of 46.67 meters.  

2023 SAC Varsity Gems Men's Track Athlete of the Week
March 21 – Kurt Modeste, Limestone
March 28 – Kalyn Cook, Newberry
April 4 – Devon Moore, Carson-Newman
April 11 – Makanakaishe Charamba, Carson-Newman
April 18 – Hamza Chahid, Wingate

2023 SAC Varsity Gems Men's Field Athlete of the Week
March 21 – Jacoby Johnson, Limestone
March 28 – Lloyd McCurdy, Newberry
April 4 - Orlando Descartes, Lenoir-Rhyne
April 11 – Courtavious Garrett, Carson-Newman
April 18 – Kegan Crowell, Newberry

Varsity Gems is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.

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