CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University junior sprinter Owen Richardson (Basingstoke, England-The Costello School) and redshirt junior jumper Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed (Arlington, Va.-Fishburne Military) were named the Mid-American Conference Men's Track and Field Athletes of the Week, the league office announced today, Jan. 14. This marks the first weekly honor in Richardson's decorated collegiate career, and the first award for Sallah-Mohammed since joining the Eagles.
Richardson was one of two Eagles to earn an individual title at the Wolverine Invitational hosted by the University of Michigan, Jan.