{"id":3304,"date":"2025-01-15T16:51:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T21:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:24:16","slug":"marshall-track-field-cruises-sun-belt-conference-weekly-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/2025\/01\/15\/marshall-track-field-cruises-sun-belt-conference-weekly-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall Track & Field Cruises Sun Belt Conference Weekly Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

SBC Honors
\nBy Ben Anderson<\/a>, FM88 Sports
\nJan. 15, 2025
\nHUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WMUL-FM) \u2014 The Sun Belt Conference announced this afternoon that multiple athletes of Marshall Track & Field cruised the weekly honors awards.<\/p>\n

Senior Kylee Mastin earned Sun Belt Conference Women\u2019s Track Athlete of the Week, after winning the mile and 1k race Saturday at the Marshall Alumni Classic. She set a new 1k record with a time of 2:51:30, breaking the previous school record from former runner Abby Herring.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has taken on the role of trying to be as best as possible for her,\u201d Marshall Cross Country Coach Caleb Bowen said in an interview with FM88 Sports, Ben Anderson. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the biggest transformations for Kylee. She\u2019s gone from maybe being a little more centered on her to centered on what she can do for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowen said that Mastin\u2019s confidence has grown since she transferred from Ball State University in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that she was really scared to do longer events when she first came in,\u201d Bowen said. \u201cShe was a miler, 800, well now she\u2019s running the 3,000 and she could probably run the 5,000, she\u2019s the Sun Belt Conference Champion in Cross Country. She\u2019s grown to see what her true strengths are and that\u2019s been a developmental process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowen said that Mastin has been preparing to compete in multiple events to best help the team in the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came together at the end of the cross-country season, and mapped out the whole track season,\u201d Bowen said. \u201cshe’s trying to get used to doubling because at the conference meet, she’s going to have to triple most likely and running a lot of events trying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior Addison Painter, the transfer from NCAA Division III program Marietta College, won the Sun Belt Conference Men\u2019s Field Athlete of the Week, after breaking the school record for the men\u2019s long jump with a distance of 7.58 meters (24.9 feet).<\/p>\n

\u201cTo that moment, we\u2019ve (Painter and coaches) have been working really hard,\u201d Painter said during an interview with FM88 Sports, Ben Anderson. \u201cSince we got here in August, it\u2019s been a lot of hard work. I think it\u2019s something that me and the entire staff knew was going to happen eventually, but that big of a mark is exciting.<\/p>\n

The 7.58 mark in the men\u2019s long jump is ranked 5th best in the nation for the two-time NCAA Division III All-American.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mentality and work ethic (are) what really drives him,\u201d Marshall Director of Track & Field and Cross-Country Keith Roberts said in an interview with FM88 Sports Ben Anderson. \u201cHe comes in here every day; he listens to everything we say. He tries to critique himself and improve, tries to help his team by reiterating the things that we (coaches) say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graduate Student Rebecca Merritt won the Sun Belt Conference Women\u2019s Field Athlete of the Week. Merritt won the women\u2019s weight throws and shot put, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Merritt holds second mark in the weight throw and second in the shot put in the conference. The two-time NCAA East Regional Qualifier has won in all four of her events this season.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Peter Oliveira won the Sun Belt Conference 60-meter hurdles Saturday. Oliveira won his race with a time of 8:36.<\/p>\n

Marshall Track & Field travels to Nashville Tennessee this weekend for its first road trip in the Vanderbilt Invitational. The meet starts Friday with the pole vault and concludes Saturday with men\u2019s 4×400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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