The indoor track and field season is in full swing, and senior Akela Jones is well on her way to another successful season. Jones earned the Big 12 Female Athlete of the Week Award, and she was named the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Athlete of the Week for the second time.
After taking the NCAA title in the heptathlon last season, Jones has taken the 2016 season head on.
In her last performance at the DeLoss Dodds invitational, Jones was just 35 points shy of the NCAA record for the pentathlon.