NEW ORLEANS – Coastal Carolina’s Amilia Wise-Sweat and Texas State’s Precious Okougbodu earned recognition as the Sun Belt Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week for their performance last week. 

Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Amilia Wise-Sweat, Coastal Carolina
(Sr. | Distance | Newburgh, N.Y.) 

Coastal Carolina’s Amilia Wise-Sweat ran a 2:09.56 in the 800m dash at the Darius Dixon Invitational. Her time ranks first in the Sun Belt and marked a new school record.

Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Precious Okougbodu, Texas State
(So. | Jumps | Batch Springs, Texas)

Texas State’s Precious Okougbodu placed fourth in the triple jump with a PR mark of 12.98m, which improved upon her previous beset by .42 meters. The mark was the third-best triple jump in TXST history. She now holds the top spot in the SBC. She is also the only athlete in the SBC to record a mark over 12.90 meters this season and leads the conference by .16 meters. In the long jump, she recorded an indoor PR mark of 5.67m and sits tied for nineth in the SBC.

2024-25 Sun Belt Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Week 1 – Valissa Brown, Georgia State
Week 2 – Kylee Mastin, Marshall
Week 3 – Kylee Mastin, Marshall
Week 4 – Jada McDougle, Coastal Carolina
Week 5 – NaJ Watson, Georgia Southern
Week 6 – Abigail Parra, Texas State
Week 7 – Amilia Wise-Sweat, Coastal Carolina

2024-25 Sun Belt Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Week 1 – Ava Studney, App State
Week 2 – Rebecca Merritt, Marshall
Week 3 – Lilly Nichols, App State
Week 4 – Elisabet Runarsdottir, Texas State
Week 5 – Imani Moore, Georgia Southern
Week 6 – Melanie Duron, Texas State
Week 7 – Precious Okougbodu, Texas State