Isaiah Blount ’25 and Liam McBride ’24 have been named the Southern Conference Male Track and Field Athletes of the Week for their performances in the VMI Winter Relays at the Corps Physical Training Facility Feb. 2–3, 2024. McBride received the honor on the track side, while Blount earned the award for the field events.—Photos courtesy VMI Athletics.
The Southern Conference recently recognized Isaiah Blount ’25, Liam McBride ’24, and Keyandre Midgett ’24 Feb. 6, 2024, and Rafe Clendenin ’27 the week of Jan. 31.
Blount and McBride have been named the Southern Conference Male Track and Field Athletes of the Week for their performances in the VMI Winter Relays at the Corps Physical Training Facility Feb. 2–3, 2024.
McBride received the honor on the track side, while Blount earned the award for the field events. The honors mark the second week in a row VMI has been honored, as Rafe Clendenin ’27 was named male field athlete of the week Jan. 31, and Keyandre Midgett ’24, jumper, was named the SoCon Male Field Athlete of the Month for January Feb. 6.
Samford University’s Amiel Dabney and Wofford College’s Olivia Bagg claimed the women’s track and field athlete of the week honors, respectively.
McBride competed at the Doc Hale Invitational at Virginia Tech, where he reset the school record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.97, resetting his own record time for a third weekend in a row. McBride is now ranked third in the conference for the event.
Competing at the VMI Winter Relays, Blount won the heptathlon with a personal-best score of 4988. Blount, of Milford, Virginia, set new personal records in the pole vault, 60-meter dash, and long jump on his way to a second-place rank in the conference.
The weekly awards are the first career indoor honors for all four weekly winners.
Jan. 17: CJ McFerrin, Western Carolina
Jan. 24: Carson Williams, Furman
Jan. 31: Cameron Ponder, Furman
Feb. 7: Liam McBride ’24 , VMI
Jan. 17: Brenden Vanderpool, Samford
Jan. 24: Samuel Werner, Samford
Jan. 31: Rafe Clendenin ’27, VMI
Feb. 7: Isaiah Blount ’25 , VMI
Jan. 17: Ella Tennent, Wofford
Jan. 24: Sierra Bower, Furman
Jan. 31: Lily Feingold, Furman
Feb. 7: Amiel Dabney, Samford
Jan. 17: Hannah Daffin, Samford
Jan. 24: Sherika Christie, Wofford
Jan. 31: Diana Romero-Barba, ETSU
Feb. 7: Olivia Bagg, Wofford
Keyandre Midgett ’24 was named the Southern Conference Male Field Athlete of the Month Feb. 6 for the month of January.—Photo courtesy Todd Drexler, SoCon Photos.
After a tremendous opening month of the 2024 indoor season, Keyandre Midgett ’24 was named the Southern Conference Male Field Athlete of the Month Feb. 6 for the month of January.
The Portsmouth, Virginia, native finished first in the triple jump at 15.22 meters at the VMI Team Challenge Jan. 20, followed by a third-place long jump of 7.11 meters at the VMI Invitational Jan. 27.
He currently leads the conference in both the triple jump and long jump for his distances.
Men’s basketball: Vonterius Woolbright, Western Carolina
Women’s basketball: Rachael Rose, Wofford
Men’s indoor track and field – track: Carson Williams, Furman
Men’s indoor track and field – field: Keyandre Midgett ’24, VMI
Women’s indoor track and field – track: Megan Marvin, Furman
Women’s indoor track and field – field: Sherika Christie, Wofford
Rifle – smallbore: Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern
Rifle – air rifle: Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern
Men’s tennis: Leonardo Dal Boni, Furman
Women’s tennis: Sofia Markova, ETSU
Wrestling: Jha’Quan Anderson, Gardner-Webb
Editor’s Note: This article was first published at vmikeydets.com.
