ROCK HILL, S.C. - After competing in his first indoor track & field meet in almost two years, Christian Shouse earned his third career SAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honor the conference announced on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
Shouse earns the honor after winning the men's long jump event championship at the 2022 ETSU Invitational. With a winning distance of 7.00 meters, Shouse won the event by 0.24 meters and defeated eight Division-I athletes from Appalachian State, Wofford, ETSU and UNC-Asheville. It is the sophomore's first win in the event since the 2020 SAC Indoor Championships and is the second straight season that an Eagle has won the men's long jump at a college indoor track meet at ETSU.
"It felt good to be back in this environment," says Shouse. "There's a lot of rust to shake off and a lot to be fixed but I can't complain too much about today. Coach Potts-Howard has carried a lot over that Coach Tyler (Stepp) taught us and I couldn't ask for a better coach. I love this sport and I'm just happy to compete again."
First indoor meet in two years? No problem for Christian Shouse, the 2022 ETSU Invitational long jump champion @CN_Track pic.twitter.com/7ATvJR6q6R
— Carson-Newman Athletics (@CN_Eagles) January 16, 2022
The honor is Shouse's third career SAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honor and his first since Jan. 28, 2020. Shouse is the first Carson-Newman track & field athlete to win the conference's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week award since Joseph Oreva on Mar. 2, 2021. A Carson-Newman athlete has won the SAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honor five of the last thirteen weeks dating back to Dec. 10, 2019.
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2021-22 SAC AstroTurf Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Dec. 7 - Simon Rey, Queens
Jan. 18 - Christian Shouse, Carson-Newman