FRISCO – Texas A&M University-Commerce men's track and field sprinter J.T. Smith has been awarded the Southland Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week award on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Smith (Klein Oak) broke his school-record time in the 60 meter dash twice last weekend. He was the top finisher in the prelims at the Tyson Invitational and won the finals race with a time of 6.56 seconds, which is tops in the Southland and top five in the country.
 
He is competing in the USATF Indoor Championships this weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this weekend, before competing in the Southland Conference Indoor Championships next weekend.
 
Smith is the third Lion to win a Southland weekly honor this season, joining teammates Micky Ferdinand (Micoud, Saint Lucia) and Maia Maury (Noisy-Le-Grand, France).
 
2022-23 SOUTHLAND MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Date	Track Athlete of the Week	Field Athlete of the Week
Jan. 18	Simon Wulff, Northwestern State	Thomas Nedow, Southeastern
Jan. 25	Jaden Forester, New Orleans	Micky Ferdinand, A&M-Commerce
Feb. 1	Justice Artisst, HCU	Nicholaus Smith, New Orleans
Feb. 8	Jaden Forester, New Orleans (2)	Isaiah Hudgens, UIW
Feb. 15	J.T. Smith, A&M-Commerce	Kyle Sieracki, UIW