Roll Call, May 14, 2024: Tarsis Orogot Named Men s National Athlete of the Week
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Former Florida State hurdler Trey Cunningham will look to make one final impact on collegiate track and field on Thursday night as he looks to become the second Seminole to win The Bowerman, collegiate track and field's most prestigious individual award. The ceremony will take place at 9 p.m. eastern inside the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora, Colo. Fans can watch the ceremony on USTFCCCA's YouTube page. Cunningham is one of three male finalists joining Randolph Ross (North Carolina A&T) and Ayden Owens-Delerme (Arkansas). Ngoni Makusha won the award for the Seminoles in 2011. Cunningham put together one of the greatest seasons in collegiate track and field hurdle history during his 2022 campaign. In the indoor season, Cunningham became the first collegiate athlete to run 7.42 or faster four separate times in the 60m hurdles. Cunningham cruised his way to his first career national title in the 60m hurdles recording the second-fa
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For the second time this season, Florida State senior Adriaan Wildschutt was named the National Athlete of the Week for NCAA Division I Cross Country by the USTFCCCA on Monday, following his win at the Joe Piane Invitational on Friday. Wildschutt is the first in program history to win the award twice in a single season. The Ceres, South Africa, native also earned the honor on Sept. 13 following his victory at the Covered Bridge Open. Harry Mulenga is the only other Seminole to win the men’s weekly honor (Sept. 7, 2016). “This is an awesome honor for Adriaan,” FSU head coach Bob Braman said. “This is the biggest win of his cross country career so far and he ran one of the fastest times ever on that time-tested course at Notre Dame.” Wildschutt won his third consecutive race this season, dominating the 5-mile event with a time of 23:06.7, despite the Burke Golf Course running slow and in warm, dry, sunny conditions. In similar fashion to his win at
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