Travis Padgett Earns Weekly ACC Track & Field Honors

April 9, 2007

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Clemson’s Travis Padgett was named this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Performer of the Week. Padgett posted impressive performances at the Clemson Invitational on Saturday, earning regional qualifying standards in two events.

Padgett recorded the nation’s top time in the 100 meter dash with a 10.05 first place finish at the Clemson Invitational. The Shelby, N.C., sophomore finished third in the 200 meters with a personal-best time of 21.37 and ran the first leg for the Tigers’ 4×100 meter relay team that finished first with a regional-qualifying time of 39.78 seconds.