Track & Field

OTF: April 4 Athletes of the Week

DALLAS – Charlotte’s Maya Singletary who ranks fifth in the nation in the 400-meter race claims Female Track Athlete of the Week, while teammate Riley Felts who ranks fourth in the nation in pole vault earns field honors. UTSA’s 4x200-meter relay team was named Male Track Athletes of the Week after earning a spot on the USTFCCCA’s all-time record list for their time. Rice’s Alexander Slinkman earns field honors ranking sixth nationally in pole vault. All C-USA weekly awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear.

C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Week- Maya Singletary, Charlotte, R-Sr., Raeford, N.C.
Singletary extended her conference-leading time in the 400m at the Florida Relays, finishing with a school record time of 51.73. Singletary's 400m time ranks fifth in the nation this season and is the second-fastest time in the East Region. Singletary was also the anchor in the 4x400m relay, finishing with a time of 51.06. The 4x400m relay team at Charlotte leads the conference with a time of 3:36.26.
 
C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week- Riley Felts, Charlotte, R-Jr., Matthews, N.C. 
Felts set the school record in the pole vault for the third week in a row, finishing as the top collegiate finisher at the Vertklasse with a vault of 4.42m (14'6"). That vault for Felts continues to lead the conference this year. Felts' vault this week ranks fourth in the nation and third in the East Region.
 
C-USA Male Track Athletes of the Week- UTSA 4x200-meter Relay Team, San Antonio, Texas
UTSA's 4x200-meter relay team smashed the school record by more than two seconds in a bronze-medal performance on Saturday at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. The quartet of Brice ChabotDennis PhillipsTrevion McCalla and Mike Roth clocked a time of 1:21.49 to cross third behind Georgia's meet record 1:20.22 clocking, and Texas, which posted a 1:20.97. The Roadrunners' 1:21.49 eclipsed the previous school standard of 1:23.67 set at the 2017 Texas Relays, and now ranks in the top 35 of the all-time list of collegiate 4x200m relay times on the USTFCCCA's record database.
 
C-USA Male Field Athlete of the Week- Alexander Slinkman, Rice, Jr., Mechanicsville, Va. 
Slinkman had a great showing at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, winning the B section of the pole vault with a height of 5.51m (18-1). The mark ties his personal best and currently ranks him first in C-USA, third in the NCAA South-Central Region and sixth in the NCAA.

2023 C-USA Female Track Athlete of the Week
M21       Maya Singletary, Charlotte
M28       Denae McFarlane, UTEP
A4         Maya Singletary, Charlotte
 
2023 C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week
M21       Riley Felts, Charlotte
M28       Mckyla Van der Westhuizen, Rice 
A4         Riley Felts, Charlotte 
 
2023 C-USA Male Track Athlete of the Week
M21       DeMarkes Stradford II, Charlotte
M28       Nick Scudder, Charlotte
A4         UTSA 4x200-meter Relay Team
 
2023 C-USA Male Field Athlete of the Week 
M21       Jemuel Miller, UTSA
M28       Jacob Jenkins, UTSA 
A4         Alexander Slinkman, Rice