DALLAS?– With the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships just one weekend away, C-USA has recognized Rice, UTEP and Southern Miss student-athletes in this week’s awards.Rice swept the women’s awards as Grace Forbes posted the nation’s third-fastest 10k time and Erna Gunnarsdottir won her third shot put competition of the year.  On the men’s side UTEP’s Jevaughn Powell clocked the eighth-fastest 400m time in the country and Southern Miss’ Fred Moudani claimed his fourth shot put title of the year. All C-USA weekly awards are presented by Surf & Turf Golf.

C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Week – Grace Forbes, Rice, So., Wallingford, Pa.
Forbes returned to her home state in style by winning the 10,000m at the prestigious Penn Relays, finishing in a time of 32:59.15 to defeat the next closest competitor by nearly 24 seconds. Forbes' time currently ranks third in the NCAA this season. The All-American, running her first 10K of the season, pulled away late in the race and ran her final 5000m in 15:54.7, besting everyone in the 20-runner field.

C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week – Erna Gunnarsdottir, Rice, Jr., Mosfellsbaer, Iceland
Gunnarsdottir won her third shot put competition of the season with a winning toss of 17.14m (56-3.00) at the Texas A&M Alumni Muster. Gunnarsdottir, who holds the top mark in C-USA this season of 17.29m, set a meet record on Saturday on her fourth attempt and now has achieved 17.00m or better eight times this season.This is her first honor of the season and her throw would have been the 18^th best mark on the season nationally. She currently holds the 15^th best throw in the country at 56-8.75 (17.29m),

C-USA Male Track Athlete of the Week – Jevaughn Powell, UTEP, So., Clarendon, Jamaica
Powell clocked a personal-best and C-USA-leading time of 45.29 in the men's 400-meter dash at the Desert Heat Classic on April 30 to win his third-straight 400m competition this season. His time ranks eighth nationally and is also the seventh-best mark on UTEP’s all-time list. This is the second weekly award for Powell as he also was recognized on April 12.
 
C-USA Male Field Athlete of the Week – Fred Moudani, Southern Miss, So. Savigne-Le-Temple, France
Moudani earned his second C-USA weekly honor as he took home his fourth shot put title of the season this past weekend at the Maroon and White Invite with a throw of 61-4.25 (18.70m). He is already ranked 14^th nationally in the event with his throw of 64-1.75, and has thrown over 60 feet three times this season. He leads C-USA in the shot put by over a foot with the next mark coming in at 59-0.75.

2022 C-USA Female Track Athletes of the Week
M22       Mikah Alleyne, Marshall 
M29       Eusila Chepkemei, Middle Tennessee 
A5          Ta-Halia Fairman, Charlotte 
A12        Alanah Yukich, UTSA 
A19        Maya Singletary, Charlotte
A26        Eusila Chepkemei, Middle Tennessee
May 3    Grace Forbes, Rice

2022 C-USA Female Field Athletes of the Week
M22       Abigail Kwarteng, Middle Tennessee 
M29       Rhema Otabor, FIU 
A5          Tara Simpson-Sullivan, Rice 
A12        Abigail Kwarteng, Middle Tennessee 
A19        Abigail Kwarteng, Middle Tennessee
A26        Rhema Otabor, FIU
May 3    Erna Gunnarsdottir, Rice

2022 C-USA Male Track Athletes of the Week
M22       Trevion McCalla, UTSA
M29       Nick Scudder, Charlotte 
A5          No nominations  
A12        Javaughn Powell, UTEP 
A19        Alaba Akintola, Middle Tennessee
A26        Alaba Akintola, Middle Tennessee
May 3    Jevaughn Powell, UTEP

2022 C-USA Male Field Athletes of the Week
M22       Grant Szalek, UTSA 
M29       Jemuel Miller, UTSA 
A5          Alex Slinkman, Rice 
A12        Alex Slinkman, Rice 
A19        Fred Moudani, Southern Miss
A26        Queshun Watson-Riggins, FIU
May 3    Fred Moudani, Southern Miss