{"id":1342,"date":"2007-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2007-02-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-19T05:00:00","slug":"sophomores-named-odac-track-athletes-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2007\/sophomores-named-odac-track-athletes-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophomores Named ODAC Track &#8216;Athletes of the Week&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/athletics\/images\/rosters\/indoor_track-m\/nathan_turner.jpg\" alt=\"Sophomore Nathan Turner was named the ODAC Track Athlete of the Week.\" \/><br \/>Sophomore Nathan Turner qualified for the second consecutive season in the men&#8217;s shot put and is ranked 11th nationally.<\/div>\n<p>91短视频 Sophomores <strong>Nathan Turner <\/strong>and <strong>Victor Horton <\/strong>were recently honored as Old Dominion Athletic Conference track athletes of the week. <\/p>\n<p>Turner, who hails from Elkton, Va., was named track &quot;athlete of the week&quot; for February 5-11 after competing at the Vince Brown Invitational in Newport News, Va. <\/p>\n<p>Horton, of Pulaski, Va., was similarly honored January 22-28 after competing at the Dickinson Winter Meet.<\/p>\n<p> While at the invitational, Turner shattered the weight throw record he set last season at the Virginia Tech Last Chance (15.33 meters) with a distance of 15.56 meters, placing him third overall in the event. <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"photo right\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sophomore Victor Horton was named the ODAC Track Athlete of the Week.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/athletics\/images\/rosters\/indoor_track-m\/victor_horton.jpg\" \/><br \/>Sophomore Victor Horton was named the ODAC Track Athlete of the Week for January 22-28<\/div>\n<p>He continued his dominance in the shot put with a throw of 15.86 meters, again setting a new season high that he had set at the DuCharme Invitational of 15.33 meters. <\/p>\n<p>The throw gave him first place for the meet and qualifies him for the NCAA Championships March 10-11 in Terra Haute, Ind. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raceberryjam.com\/ncinmenperf07.htm\">Click here to view NCAA rankings<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p>While at the Dickinson Winter Meet, Horton finished first in the high jump with a height of six feet (6-0) while also competing in three other events that day.<\/p>\n<p> He also competed in the triple jump, placing second in that event (13.20m) while coming in third in the 200 meter (23.75) and fifth in the long jump (6.00).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/athletics\/indoor_track-m\/\">Click here for more information about Men&#8217;s Indoor Track at 91短视频<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophomore Nathan Turner qualified for the second consecutive season in the men&#8217;s shot put and is ranked 11th nationally. 91短视频 Sophomores Nathan Turner and Victor Horton were recently honored as <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2007\/sophomores-named-odac-track-athletes-of-the-week\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Sophomores Named ODAC Track &#8216;Athletes of the Week&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,4516,4513],"tags":[14135,9961,13184,8497,10916],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-athletics","category-student-life","tag-athletics","tag-high-jump","tag-indoor-track-and-field","tag-nathan-turner","tag-shotput"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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