Western Kentucky track and field coach Erik Jenkins and former Lady Topper standouts Sharika Smith and Christina Brown Wells were recognized at Saturday’s KTCCCA/USATF-Kentucky awards program for their accomplishments.
Jenkins was tabbed as the 2017 University Men’s Track and Field Coach of the Year, while Smith and Wells were both inducted into the Kentucky Track and Cross Country Association Hall of Fame in Lexington.
Smith and Wells were two of the 13 inductees in this year’s class. Jenkins himself was inducted into the Kentucky Track & Cross Country Hall of Fame in 2016.
During her time at WKU from 2009-13, Smith collected seven indoor individual all-conference honors from the Sun Belt and four more outdoor accolades.