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Fokam, Forbes Sweep C-USA Athlete of the Year Awards
6/21/2021 11:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Duo tabbed league’s top Female Field, Female Track athletes
DALLAS – Rice women's track and field athletes Michelle Fokam and Grace Forbes were selected the Conference USA Female Field Athlete of the Year and the Track Athlete of the Year, respectively, the league office announced on Monday (June 21).
It marked the first time that the same program swept the two major postseason league awards since UTEP's Blessing Okagbare won both in 2010.
Fokam (2018, '19, '21) joined Houston's Jenny Adams (1998, '00, '01) as the only athletes in league history to win the C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Year three times. The Katy, Texas native earned USTFCCCA First Team All-American honors with her third place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, breaking her own school record in the process with a leap of 14.04m (46-0.75) in the triple jump. Fokam had earned a trip to the NCAA Championships by placing fifth at the NCAA West Prelims.
Fokam won her third consecutive C-USA Field Performer of the Meet at the Outdoor Championships after winning both the triple jump and long jump, her ninth and 10th career C-USA titles. Fokam also won the triple jump at the C-USA Indoor Championships while placing second in the long jump. In total, Fokam won 13 different jump events between the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2021. Fokam most recently placed sixth in the triple jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials and will also be competing in the long jump this Thursday.
Forbes recently secured USTFCCCA First Team All-American accolades after placing seventh in the 10,000m at the NCAA Outdoors, completing the hat trick with First Team All-American honors in the 5000m at the NCAA Indoors and NCAA Cross Country Championships all this semester. Forbes won the 10,000m at the NCAA West Prelims and swept the C-USA Female Outdoor/Indoor Track Performer of the Meet Awards.
In 2021, Forbes won a combined six C-USA titles and broke five school records. She was also named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (2/23), the first in program history, and won 10 individual events. Forbes will be joining Fokam in Eugene, Oregon to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 10,000m on June 26 at 8:44 p.m. (CT).
It marked the first time that the same program swept the two major postseason league awards since UTEP's Blessing Okagbare won both in 2010.
Fokam (2018, '19, '21) joined Houston's Jenny Adams (1998, '00, '01) as the only athletes in league history to win the C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Year three times. The Katy, Texas native earned USTFCCCA First Team All-American honors with her third place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, breaking her own school record in the process with a leap of 14.04m (46-0.75) in the triple jump. Fokam had earned a trip to the NCAA Championships by placing fifth at the NCAA West Prelims.
Fokam won her third consecutive C-USA Field Performer of the Meet at the Outdoor Championships after winning both the triple jump and long jump, her ninth and 10th career C-USA titles. Fokam also won the triple jump at the C-USA Indoor Championships while placing second in the long jump. In total, Fokam won 13 different jump events between the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2021. Fokam most recently placed sixth in the triple jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials and will also be competing in the long jump this Thursday.
Forbes recently secured USTFCCCA First Team All-American accolades after placing seventh in the 10,000m at the NCAA Outdoors, completing the hat trick with First Team All-American honors in the 5000m at the NCAA Indoors and NCAA Cross Country Championships all this semester. Forbes won the 10,000m at the NCAA West Prelims and swept the C-USA Female Outdoor/Indoor Track Performer of the Meet Awards.
In 2021, Forbes won a combined six C-USA titles and broke five school records. She was also named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (2/23), the first in program history, and won 10 individual events. Forbes will be joining Fokam in Eugene, Oregon to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 10,000m on June 26 at 8:44 p.m. (CT).
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