Alase, Hankton Earn SWAC Weekly Awards
BATON ROUGE, La. — Southern University's Tashina Alase and Taylor Hankton were named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Track and Field Athletes of the Week following their performances at the LSU Alumni Gold, the league announced Wednesday. Alase delivered one of the top performances in the nation over the weekend. The senior hurdler clocked a school-record 12.71 in the 100-meter hurdles to take over the NCAA lead and rank fourth in the world this season. She finished 0.25 seconds ahead of LSU's Adeyah Brewster and surpassed Kentucky's Emmi Scales, who previously held the collegiate lead at 12.75. In the current world...
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