LITTLE ROCK – After an impressive weekend on the track, Little Rock's Charles Okeze and Shanieke Watson were named the Sun Belt Conference's Men's and Women's Outdoor Track Athletes of the Week on Wednesday afternoon.
For Watson, this is her second consecutive week as the Sun Belt's Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week. At Rice's Victor Lopez Classic, Watson won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:44.66 — the third-fastest time in program history. Her time was also the fastest in the Sun Belt, sixth-fastest in the NCAA West Region and seventh-fastest in the nation this season.