DALLAS – With the 2022 Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships taking place this weekend, Feb. 19-20, Conference USA has announced the final indoor weekly athlete honors and recognized North Texas, UAB and Charlotte track and field student athletes.Ta-Halia Fairman (Charlotte) was named the women’s track athlete, while UAB senior pole vaulter Anna Massa earned the field athlete honor this week. On the men’s side, Charlotte’s Justin Leaston was recognized while North Texas weight thrower Chris Samaniego picked up the field award for his performance. All C-USA weekly awards are presented by Surf and Turf Golf.
C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Week – Ta-Halia Fairman, Charlotte, So., Jacksonville, N.C.
Fairman broke the Liberty Dixon Invite record in the 200m, winning with a Conference USA-leading time of 23.73. The mark ranks 59th nationally and is the second best mark in Charlotte program history. She also ran a 7.61 in the 60m at the event, which is the seventh best time in C-USA this season
C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week – Anna Massa, UAB, Sr., Lapela, Spain
Massa set a UAB school record for the indoor pole vault as she recorded a 4.15m vault at the Samford Open on Saturday. The senior’s 13-7.25 clearance ties for the lead in C-USA this season and is tied for 45th nationally.
C-USA Male Track Athlete of the Week – Justin Leaston, Charlotte, So., Raleigh, N.C.
Leaston clocked a personal-best time of 7.81 in the 60m hurdles at the Liberty Dixon Invite for a time that ranks 27th nationally this season. He won the event and moved to No. 2 all-time at Charlotte with the performance, closing in on the 2011 record of 7.78 set by Isaac McReynolds.
C-USA Male Field Athlete of the Week – Chris Samaniego, North Texas, Sr., Monahans, Texas
Samaniego broke his own North Texas school record in the weight throw for the third-consecutive meet heaving it 62-2.25 (18.95) on his fifth throw. It is the second-best mark in the C-USA this season.
2022 C-USA Female Track Athletes of the Week
J18 Savannah Heckman, WKU
J25 Maya Singletary, Charlotte
F1 Lyn’Nikka Vance, Middle Tennessee
F8 Kat Duren, UAB
F15 Ta-Halia Fairman, Charlotte
2022 C-USA Female Field Athletes of the Week
J18 Ingeborg Gruenwald, UTSA
J25 Ingeborg Gruenwald, UTSA
F1 Katie Isenbarger, WKU
F8 Katie Isenbarger, WKU
F15 Anna Massa, UAB
2022 C-USA Male Track Athletes of the Week
J18 Bashiru Abdullahi, UTSA
J25 Jordani Woodley, UTEP
F1 Karlington Anunagba, North Texas
F8 Nick Scudder, Charlotte
F15 Justin Leaston, Charlotte
2022 C-USA Male Field Athletes of the Week
J18 Shyhiem Scotland, Charlotte
J25 Benjamin Onyekwelu, Middle Tennessee
F1 Noah Hicks, Rice
F8 Grant Levesque, Rice
F15 Chris Samaniego, North Texas