NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana’s Isabelle Russell and Georgia Southern’s Imani Moore earned recognition as the Sun Belt Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week for their performance last week. 

Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Isabelle Russell, Louisiana
(So. | Distance | Benton, La.) 
 
Louisiana’s Isabelle Russell broke her own program record in the 5000m with a time of 16:43.69 at the Carl Kight Lumberjack Invitational over the weekend, giving her the best time in the conference by nearly 4 seconds. The sophomore also ran the 800, where she set a PB at 2:16.19.

Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
Imani Moore, Georgia Southern
(Sr. | Jumps | Fayetteville, Ga.)
 
Georgia Southern’s Imani Moore earned her second consecutive weekly honor by breaking the Georgia Southern track facility record in the long jump with a jump of 6.34m / 20'9.50", a record that was previously set nearly 20 years ago in 2006. She also competed in the triple jump, notching the second-best mark in the record books with a jump of 12.65m - breaking her previous personal record of 12.60m.

2025 Sun Belt Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Week 1 – Taejha Badal, Texas State
Week 2 – NaJ Watson, Georgia Southern
Week 3 – Shanyah Washington, Troy
Week 4 – Isabelle Russell, Louisiana

2025 Sun Belt Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
Week 1 – Lara Check, Marshall
Week 2 – Melanie Duron, Texas State
Week 3 – Imani Moore, Georgia Southern
Week 4 – Imani Moore, Georgia Southern