ATLANTA, Ga. (April 23, 2024) – The Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) has announced its men’s track and field weekly honors, released by the league office on Tuesday.

Silas Fair (Berea) was named this week’s Men’s Track Athlete of the Week, alongside Larry Branch (Berea) who collected this week’s Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honor. Ethan Butler-Paige (Piedmont) was tabbed Field Rookie of the Week.

 

TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Silas Fair, Berea
Senior |  Hillsboro, Va.

Fair produced a blistering 800m run at the Jim Green Invitational with a time of 1:54.00. The Virginia native is ranked sixth in the Great Lakes region.

FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Larry Branch, Berea
Senior |  Chicago, Ill.

Branch secured a 10th place finish in the triple jump at the Jim Green Invitational with a leap of 13.37m. The Chicago native also finished 25th in the long jump with a distance of 5.88m. 

 

FIELD ROOKIE OF THE WEEK – Ethan Butler-Paige, Piedmont
Freshman  |  Warner Robins, Ga.

Butler-Paige earned a trio of top five finishes at the Mountain Laurel Open. The Georgia native took second place in the hammer throw (39.38m), fifth place in the discus throw (34.65m), and fifth place in the javelin throw (39.92m).

 

OTHER PERFORMERS NOMINATED

 

MEN’S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK	n/a
MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK	Riley Everett (Covenant); Wes Rogers (Piedmont)
MEN’S FIELD ROOKIE OF THE WEEK	n/a

 

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ABOUT THE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH
The CCS is an NCAA Division III athletic conference that began play during the 2022-23 academic year. The conference features nine member institutions (Agnes Scott College, Berea College, Belhaven University, Covenant College, Huntingdon College, LaGrange College, Maryville College, Piedmont University, and Wesleyan College) and sponsors championships across 14 sports. In addition to sharing the member institutions' geographic identity, the name 'Collegiate Conference of the South' is indicative of a shared commitment to academic excellence, which is commensurate with the NCAA Division III philosophy.

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