Moore earns fifth career SAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honors
April 13, 2021

Moore earns fifth career SAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honors

ROCK HILL, S.C. - For the fifth time in his career and the second time this season, Devon Moore was named SAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.

ROCK HILL, S.C. - For the fifth time in his career and the second time this season, Devon Moore was named SAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Apr. 13.

This weekend at the Lee Invitational, Moore finished second in his heat and third overall in the men's 200 meter run with a time of 21.15 seconds, moving him up to fifth in the nation and giving him a national qualifying mark. 

The senior out of Baxley, Ga. finished his weekend in style on Saturday, Apr. 10 in Cleveland, winning the 100 meter run with a national qualifying time of 10.38 seconds. The win was his second straight victory in the event and his sixth career victory in the 100 meter run. Moore has never finished lower than third in the 100 meter run and his time moved him into a tie for third fastest in Division II this season. 

Moore has now finished in the top-three of his last nine outdoor races of his career, his worst finish overall being seventh in the 2019 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship prelims. 

Moore's honor is the second of the season for him from the South Atlantic Conference. He earned his first Outdoor Men's Track Athlete of the Week honors on Tuesday, Mar. 30 when he set two national provisional marks at the Montreat Invitational, winning the 100 meter run by a whopping 0.15 seconds with a time of 10.51 seconds and winning the 200 meter run with a time of 21.24 seconds.

This is the first time a Carson-Newman Eagle has been named SAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week multiple times in one season since Moore won the award three times on Mar. 19, Apr. 2 and Apr. 16 in 2019. Moore finished the 2019 season as the 2019 SAC Outdoor Men's Track Athlete of the Year. 

Moore is also the only SAC men's outdoor track athlete to earn the award twice this season.

This is the now the ninth SAC Weekly Award honor for Moore when combining the Indoor and Outdoor seasons. Moore was named SAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week on Feb. 9, 2021.

Moore and the rest of the Eagles will travel to the Tarheel State with championship aspirations on Apr. 24-25 at the 2021 SAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Hickory, N.C. 

2021 SAC AstroTurf Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
 Mar. 9 – Kayln Cook, Newberry
Mar. 16 – Javaris Michael, Limestone
Mar. 23 – Philp Quillen, Anderson
Mar. 30 – Devon Moore, Carson-Newman
Apr. 6 – Marlin Davis, Lenoir-Rhyne
Apr. 13 – Devon Moore, Carson-Newman