De Sousa named SAC Varsity Gems Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
ROCK HILL, S.C.- Sade De Sousa has been named the SAC Varsity Gems Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week after her record-breaking performance at the VMI Invitational this past weekend.
ROCK HILL, S.C.- Sade De Sousa has been named the SAC Varsity Gems Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week after her record-breaking performance at the VMI Invitational this past weekend.
De Sousa placed first in the women's 60-meter prelims with a time of 7.48 before winning the semis in 7.45 on Friday, Jan. 13.
De Sousa is a junior sprinter for the Eagles from Windholeck, Khonas, Namibia. The transfer left the VMI Invitational with two NCAA provisional marks and two top-three finishes.
"Sade continues to perform at the highest levels and keeps rewriting both her national and the CarsonNewman record book," Carson-Newman head track and field coach David Needs said.
De Sousa placed second in the women's 200-meter race on Saturday, Jan. 14 with a time of 25.05. She then grabbed gold in the women's 60-meter race with a new personal record of 7.41 seconds in the event. Along with her first-place finish, De Sousa also broke the Namibian senior women's 60-meter record in her home country for the second time in two months after breaking in during the Bast-Cregger Invitational in early December.
On the field, Kadidja Sangare was named the SAC Varsity Gems Women's Field Athlete of the Week meaning that Carson-Newman swept the women's side of track and field recognition for last week's performance.
Carson-Newman track and field is back in action this weekend for the Finn Pincus Invitational beginning on Jan. 20. Stay up to date on cneagles.com
