WASHINGTON – The Atlantic 10 Conference tabbed Loyola Chicago graduate student James Lawerence as its Under Armour Outdoor Track Performer of the Week, while George Mason senior Arsalan Yaqubi was named Field Performer of the Week. Duquesne freshman Louie Liberatore received Rookie of the Week.
On the women’s side, Dayton junior Jadyn Haywood received Under Armour Women’s Outdoor Track Performer of the Week, while VCU senior Gudrun Hallgrimsdottir collected Field Performer of the Week. Duquesne freshman Rose Kuchera was named Rookie of the Week. The awards, which were announced on Tuesday, are for competitions from April 1 to April 6.
Lawrence clocked the seventh-fastest Division I time in the 10,000M this season at the Stanford Invitational. He finished seventh in the event with a time of 27:54.62. Lawrence, a Charlottesville, Va. native, holds the fastest time in the Atlantic 10 and shattered Loyola Chicago’s school record of 28:40.40, set by Chris Devaney in 2023, by 45.78 seconds.
Yaqubi won the hammer throw at the George Mason Dalton Ebanks Invitational. The Springfield, Va. native claimed gold with a mark of 61.23M, which ranks first in the conference.
Liberatore, a Canonsburg, Penn. native, won the javelin throw for Duquesne at the Dalton Ebanks Invitational. He recorded the second-best javelin mark in Duquesne history for the third consecutive meet. Liberatore’s throw of 61.08M ranks second in the A-10.
Haywood placed third in the 100M event at the Tennessee Invitational. She raced to a time of 11.33, which is the fastest time in the conference. Haywood, a Dayton, OH native, broke the Flyers’ 200M program record for the second straight week with a time of 23.75. That time is the fastest in the A-10 this season. Haywood also anchored the Flyers’ 4x100M team that finished fourth.
Hallgrimsdottir earned gold in the hammer throw at the Dalton Ebanks Invitational. She recorded a distance of 66.25M, which is the best mark in the conference this season. Hallgrimsdottir, from Hvanneyri, Iceland, holds the ninth best mark in Division I.
Kuchera, a Canonsburg, Penn. native, won the triple jump at the Dalton Ebanks Invitational. Her distance of 12.51M is second best in the conference and set the Duquesne program record.
2025 Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Weekly Awards
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Date
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Men’s Track Performer of the Week
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Men’s Field Performer of the Week
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Men’s Rookie Performer of the Week
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Women’s Track Performer of the Week
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Women’s Field Performer of the Week
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Women’s Rookie of the Week
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March 25
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Wesley Bond, GM
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Geni Roberts, GM
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Biruk Beardsley, GM
John Teachman, DAV
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Nourene Nabbus, GM
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Molly Wise, UR
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Addie Cohen, UR
June Hobaugh, VCU
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April 1
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MacCallum Rowe, LAS
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Ryan Tona, URI
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Louie Liberatore, DUQ
Sam Lamaze, SLU
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Gwenno Goode, LAS
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Molly Wise, UR
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Mikayla Wills, DAV
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April 8
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James Lawrence, LUC
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Arsalan Yaqubi, GM
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Louie Liberatore, DUQ
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Jadyn Haywood, UD
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Gudrun Hallgrimsdottir, VCU
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Rose Kuchera, DUQ
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