CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University track & field student athletes Lucky Ezechukwuchiri and Josephine Oloye were named Mid-American Conference (MAC) Men's Field Athlete of the Week and Women's Track Athlete of the Week, the conference's office announced Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Ezechukwuchiri (Nimo, Nigeria/Busy International Secondary) earned the honor for the first time after starting his collegiate career with a second-place 2.09-meter (6-10.25) performance in the high jump at the GVSU Holiday Open, hosted by Grand Valley State University, Dec. 6. Ezechukwuchiri's bounce stands as the best in the MAC thus far and eighth-best in the NCAA.