Owens Claims Third ACC Weekly Honor of the Season

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Owayne Owens of Virginia’s men’s track and field program picked up his third weekly honor of the season as he was named ACC Men’s Field Performer of the Week, the league announced Tuesday, Feb. 15.

At the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson, S.C. Owens leaped to a personal best 16.60m (54’5.5”) mark to win the event. The mark increases Owen’s lead at the top of the ACC in the triple jump and ranks third in the country.

Owens’ mark passes his previous best set at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships where he leaped 16.53m (54’2,75”) in a sixth-place performance. The triple jumper ranks third on Virginia’s all-time indoor performance list.

His last time out, Owens leaped to a distance of 16.43m (53’11”) at the Doc Hale VT Elite meet and shared the ACC weekly honor with Miami’s Isaiah Holmes. Owens has claimed a share of the ACC Field Performer of the Week award in each week he has competed this season. The Jamaican has also finished as the top collegian in each of his attempts at the triple jump this season.