RICHARDSON– Texas A&M University-Commerce track & field athletes Minna Svaerd and Josh Boateng have earned Lone Star Conference Athlete of the Week awards. Svaerd was named Women's Track Athlete of the Week while Boateng repeated as Men's Co-Field Athlete of the Week. The awards were released by the conference office on Wednesday.
 
Svaerd – a sophomore from Karlstad, Sweden– earns the first outdoor award of her sophomore campaign. The reigning LSC Female Indoor Track Athlete of the Year was the top Division II finisher in the women's 400m hurdles at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, crossing the line in 59.76 seconds. That time ranks fifth nationally and tops in the LSC. She was also on the 4x400m relay team that finished in 3:49.44, which is the second-fastest time in the LSC this season.
 
Boateng– a junior from St. George's, Grenada– earns his second consecutive Athlete of the Week award. He extended his nation-best mark in the discus and put up the third-longest shot put mark in the nation at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. His mark of 186-4 (56.80m) in the discus improves his mark and he holds the only automatic qualifying mark in Division II. In the shot put, he tied his own Grenadian national record with a toss of 59-5 (18.11m), which ranks third in the nation in Division II.
 
Svaerd, Boateng and the Lions return to action this week as they travel to San Angelo to compete in the David Noble Relays. The meet will begin on Thursday and run through Saturday at LeGrand Stadium.

LSC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Men's Track
M-20     Demontravous Jones, Angelo State
M-27     4x100 Relay (Quinton Sansing, Tyrin Lewis, Jordan Atkinson, Nathan Stotts), West Texas A&M
A-3         Quinton Sansing, West Texas A&M

Men's Field
M-20     Decio Andrade, Angelo State
M-27     Josh Boateng, Texas A&M-Commerce
             Abraham Seaneke, West Texas A&M
A-3         Harry Maslen, Angelo State
              Josh Boateng, Texas A&M-Commerce (2)
              Abraham Seaneke, West Texas A&M (2)

Women's Track
M-20     Karlea Duhon, Angelo State
M-27     Danee Bustos, Eastern New Mexico
A-3        Minna Svaerd, Texas A&M-Commerce

Women's Field
M-20     Daisy Osakue, Angelo State
M-27     Racheal Somoye, Texas A&M-Kingsville
             Zada Swoopes, West Texas A&M
A-3         Daisy Osakue, Angelo State (2)
               Fatim Affessi, West Texas A&M