
WT&F: Fokam Named C-USA Field Performer of the Meet
2/22/2019 12:24:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Junior won long jump, placed second in triple jump
DALLAS - For a second straight year, Rice junior Michelle Fokam was selected the Conference USA Indoor Female Field Performer of the Meet, the league office announced on Friday.
A native of Katy, Texas, Fokam scored 18 points for the Owls at the C-USA Indoor Championships last weekend in Birmingham, Ala. Fokam won her fifth career C-USA title by winning the long jump (6.11m) and the next day broke the indoor school record in the triple jump with a leap of 13.31m, which currently ranks eighth in the nation.
Fokam has now won three career C-USA Performer of the Meet awards, having swept the Indoor/Outdoor Field honors last season.
C-USA Performers of the Meet
Male Track - McKinley West, Southern Miss
Male Field - John Warren, Southern Miss
Female Track - Natalliah Whyte, Florida Atlantic
Female Field - Michelle Fokam, Rice
-RiceOwls.com-
A native of Katy, Texas, Fokam scored 18 points for the Owls at the C-USA Indoor Championships last weekend in Birmingham, Ala. Fokam won her fifth career C-USA title by winning the long jump (6.11m) and the next day broke the indoor school record in the triple jump with a leap of 13.31m, which currently ranks eighth in the nation.
Fokam has now won three career C-USA Performer of the Meet awards, having swept the Indoor/Outdoor Field honors last season.
C-USA Performers of the Meet
Male Track - McKinley West, Southern Miss
Male Field - John Warren, Southern Miss
Female Track - Natalliah Whyte, Florida Atlantic
Female Field - Michelle Fokam, Rice
-RiceOwls.com-
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