University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana's Whitfield Earns Sun Belt Weekly Track Honors
1/15/2020 6:25:00 PM | Track and Field
Junior newcomer posted SBC's third-best time in 60-meters hurdles in debut
NEW ORLEANS – It was quite the debut for Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Track and Field newcomer Tahj Whitfield.
After clocking a personal-best time in the men's 60-meter hurdles at last week's season-opener at the LSU Purple Tiger, the junior was named on Wednesday as the Sun Belt Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week in a vote by the league's coaches and released by the league office.
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Whitfield set a personal-best in the men's 60-meter hurdles (8.16) in the preliminaries of the season-opening LSU Purple Tiger Invitational before coming back in the finals with a time of 8.17 to finish fourth overall. His preliminary time was the third-fastest on the Sun Belt Indoor Performance list during official opening week of action among league schools.
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Louisiana will return to action on Friday when it travels to College Station, Texas for the Ted Nelson Invitational at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium.
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