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Track and Field: Brazil Named SBC Male Track Athlete Of The Week

NEW ORLEANS – After posting the Sun Belt Conference's top time in the 55-meter dash this season, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns track student-athlete Jeryl Brazil was named on Wednesday as the league's Male Track Student-Athlete of the Week.

Brazil, a redshirt sophomore from Loranger, made his 2016 debut last week at the A-State Invitational and claimed the individual title in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.23, a mark that was .02 seconds off the school-record set by Pat Edmond in 1980.

Brazil qualified for the finals after posting the second-fastest time (6.