MARSHALL, Texas – Earning his fourth American Southwest Conference weekly award this season for track and field, graduate student
Brandon Powell has been named the "Track Athlete of the Week" for his performance at Rhodes College. Powell has now won two track and two field weekly awards this season.
Powell has now earned six weekly awards over the past two seasons with four in track.
Below is the ASC release on Powell.
MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Brandon Powell, Gr. East Texas Baptist
East Texas Baptist senior
Brandon Powell (Wills Point, Texas) had another exceptional weekend as a track athlete winning the 200-meter dash out of 48 participants. His 21.50 was better than the top NCAA Division I runner from Tennessee Martin and other NCAA DII, DIII, and NAIA athletes. He then helped ETBU to a second-place finish in the 4x100 meter relay just missing first to Tennessee Martin (D1) by 0.02 as with a 41.54 to UTM's 41.52. He then finished third in the 100-meter dash out of 63 participants as the top D3 runner and missing first place by 0.06 seconds. This is his third ASC Athlete of the Week honor this season and second for track.
POWELL ASC WEEKLY AWARDS
2024
Track – Mar. 5, Mar. 19
Field – Jan. 25, Mar. 5
2023
Track – Feb. 14, Mar. 21
