CLEVELAND, Ohio – Following record-setting performances at the Tennessee Relays this past Kent State, Kent State's TJ Lawson and Nicole Yeargin earned their first Mid-American Conference's Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors of the outdoor season, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon. Lawson was named Male Field Athlete of the Week, while Yeargin was selected as Female Track Athlete of the Week.
In his first outdoor competition of the year, Lawson posted the 4th-best decathlon performance in the world during the 2019 outdoor season with a school-record 7,876 points.