Foreman & Cherop Receive ACC Weekly Honors

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference released its weekly performance awards Tuesday afternoon with Clemson’s Shantae Foreman and Nancy Cherop each securing honors for their efforts at the Orange & Purple Invitational.

Shantae Foreman | Women’s Field Performer of the Week

Foreman won the women’s triple jump with a record-breaking 14.17m / 46′ – 06.00″. The mark not only reset Clemson’s school record but it also ranks first nationally, 14^th in all-time NCAA history and is second all-time in ACC history. This is Foreman’s second ACC Women’s Field Performer of the Week this season with the previous occurring on Jan. 13.

Nancy Cherop | Women’s Rookie Performer of the Week

In her first-ever race on an indoor track, Cherop placed fourth in the women’s mile invite with a time of 4:32.92. This time puts her third on Clemson’s all-time top 10 list and ninth nationally.

Tigers in the TFRRS National Rankings

• The Tigers are nationally ranked 112 times in 31 different events between the men and women with 23 of them being in the top 25.
• Clemson is ranked 15 times in the top 15 with the list including:
  • Foreman (No. 1 women’s triple jump, 14.17m / 46’ – 06.00”)
  • Foreman (No. 3 women’s long jump, 6.50m / 21’ – 01.75”)
  • Grant Holliday (No. 4 men’s 400m, 45.61 seconds)
  • Oneka Wilson (No. 4 women’s 60m hurdles, 8.04 seconds)
  • Jalen Johnson (No. 5 men’s 200m, 20.76 seconds)
  • Silvia Jelelgo (No. 5 women’s mile, 4:31.50)
  • McKenzie Calloway (No. 6 women’s 200m, 23.23 seconds)
  • Holliday (No. 8 men’s 200m, 20.81 seconds)
  • Cherop (No. 9 women’s mile, 4:32.92)
  • Briana Campbell (No. 10 women’s 200m, 23.33 seconds)
  • Kevin Collins (No. 11 men’s 200m, 20.85 seconds)
  • Aniyah Kitt (No. 11 women’s 200m, 23.37 seconds)
  • Jelelgo (No. 11 women’s 5000m, 15:16.57)
  • Kendra Dye (No. 12 women’s weight throw, 21.43m / 70’ – 03.75”)
  • Jelelgo (No. 14 women’s 800m, 2:05.91)

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