NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Senior Ryan Hastings (Mathews, N.C./Porter Ridge) has been named Sun Belt Men's Track Athlete of the Week.
At the Thundering Herd Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Hastings won the 800-meter run in a PR time of 1:50.48. His time also set a facility record, meet record and ranks as the second fastest 800-meter run time in school history.
In addition, Hastings teamed with junior Brandon Smith (Fayetteville, N.C./Douglas Byrd), sophomore Jabari Johnson (Yokosuka, Japan/Nile C. Kinnick) and freshman De'Shawn Ballard(Wilmington, N.C./Laney) to break the school record in the 400-meter relay in 3:14.