DALLAS – The conference office has announced Thursday afternoon that Junior Alaba Akintola was named Male Track Performer of the Meet and graduate student Esther Isa was named Female Field Performer of the Meet for their performances at the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. This is Isa's second C-USA Performer of the Meet honor this year.
Akintola continued to show why he's the best short-distance runner in the conference over the two days of competition. On a day of preliminaries, Akintola coasted effortlessly to a first-place finish in the men's 100 meter and a second-place finish in the 200 meter.