Men's T&F Sweeps CAA Awards for the Second Week in a Row

College of William & Mary

The William & Mary men's track and field team swept the Colonial Athletic Association weekly honors for the second week in a row and the third this season Tuesday, following two strong performances this past weekend.  Redshirt-junior David Barney (Lynchburg, Va.) was named the Track Athlete of the Week, his second career award, and redshirt-senior Taylor Frenia (Virginia Beach, Va.) was named the Field Athlete of the Week for the fifth time this season, and the fourth week in a row.  Frenia now has eight weekly awards in his career, and the Tribe men's track and field team has won nine honors in six weeks, including the field award every week this season.Running the 5,000m at the Virginia Challenge on Saturday night, Barney timed a lifetime-best 14:12.23 to improve his lead in the CAA standings.  That also made the 16th-fastest man in W&M school history outdoors, and ranks Barney 52nd in the East Region.  In 2016-17, he's reset his lifetime-best in the 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m, and the mile; for a total of seven times so far (three indoors, four outdoors).  In seven races, he's finished first or second a total of five times, including winning the 5,000m at the Colonial Relays.In the throwing circle, Frenia once again broke a school record, marking the fourth week in a row he's tumbled an all-time mark.  Competing in the discus at the Duke Invitational on Saturday night, he was in fourth place heading into the final round of throws.  He stepped up to the moment and delivered a huge throw of 55.52m (182-2), breaking not only his own school record but also the meet and stadium records as well, and moved into first place overall to win the event.  That was his sixth school record of the season and ninth of his career,and he now needs just three more records to ...

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