NEW ORLEANS, La. | South Alabama junior distance runner Kirami Yego was named the co-Track Performer of the Year in the Sun Belt Conference, announced by the conference office on Thursday afternoon.

Yego won a pair of events at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships, winning both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races. He won the 5,000 meters with a new meet record time of 13:58.07 – winning the race by over 20 seconds, before claiming gold in the 10,000 meters with a facility record time of 29:18.97.

He was joined on the first team all-conference by Francois Prinsloo who claimed a gold medal in the men's discus with a meet record throw of 61.20 meters (200-09.00) in the discus. He also had a fourth-place finish in the hammer and eighth in the shot put. The duo was joined by second team selections Dorian Curry and Sebastian Reyneke, and third team selections Teagan Flanagan, Jalen Boyd, Xavier Rogers, Kendal White, and Javon Glenn.

On the women's side, a trio of student-athletes earned first team all-conference honors including Lauren Tinkler who won the 10,000 meters with a new facility record time of 34:36.61, while also finishing fourth in the 5,000 meters. She was joined on the first team by Kiara Risher who won the high jump with a season-best jump of 1.79 meters (5-10.50), and Bodine Degli-Umberti who won the discus with a throw of 53.04 meters (174-00.00).

They were joined by Alexis Gratia (second team) and Starlynn Costa (third team).

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