Westlake, Ohio – Five Oberlin College track and field athletes earned North Coast Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week honors, announced Monday by the conference office.
 
For the men, Adriano Atallah was named the Sprinter/Hurdler of the Week and Chauncey Simmons earned the Field Athlete of the Week honor. The Yeowomen swept the weekly awards as Jasmine Keegan was named the Field Athlete of the Week, while Olivia Smith took the Sprinter of the Week award. Sophia Cunningham completed the trio of honorees as the Distance runner of the Week.
 
Atallah won the 300-meter dash with a time of 36.91. Atallah's performance was just 85 hundredths of second off the Oberlin school record, set by Shawn Chrapczynski back in 2011.  
Simmons highlighted the Yeomen throwers with a personal-best performance in the weight throw. In his second meet of his senior campaign, Simmons earned a heave of 47-03.003, which ranks third in the conference. The Philadelphia native followed that effort with a toss of 41-01.75 in the shot, which is the ninth best throw in the NCAC.
 
Keegan recorded a career-best mark in the weight throw to lead the Oberlin throwers at Findlay. The Maplewood, New Jersey, native threw the weight 51-07.25 to place eighth, which is the best performance in the conference this year and ranks 13th in Division III. Keegan also earned a ninth-place finish in the shot put with a heave of 38-00, which is third in the NCAC.
 
Smith highlighted the day at Division II University of Findlay for the Yeowomen sprinters with two strong performances. The first-year track athlete placed seventh in the 400-meter dash (1:04.17) and was the second leg in the 4x400-meter relay that took third (4:28.45). Her 400-meter time is the second-best showing in the event in the NCAC, and the 4x400-meter team recorded a season-best finish for the crimson and gold.  
 
Cunningham earned a first-place finish at the Oiler Open on Saturday for the crimson and gold. The first-year runner beat the three-person field in the 800-meter run with a finish of 2:27.26, which is the second-best time in the NCAC this season. The Ann Arbor, Michigan, product also led in the 4x400-meter relay team with Smith.
 
The Oberlin track and field team will be back in action on January 11 when they host the Crimson & Gold January Kick-Off in the Heisman Field House.