The Southeastern Conference office honored three LSU track and field athletes with its weekly awards Tuesday.
Michael Rose was named Runner of the Week for the second time this season after winning the 800 meters title in the Lloyd Wills Invitational, posting a personal-best time in her signature event.
Her time of 2 minutes, 00.34 seconds was the fastest in the NCAA this season and third-fastest in the world this year.
Also honored was Matthew Sophia, who was the Freshman of the Week after winning the 110-meter hurdles with a wind-aided time of 13.81 seconds.
Morgan Smalls was chosen as the Field Athlete of the Week after a personal-record leap of 6 feet, 1ΒΌ inches, which is third on the school’s all-time list.
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