LAFAYETTE, La. --- Walt Williams was named the Sun Belt Conference Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer for his showing at the 2007 Sun Belt Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet this weekend. Williams, a senior from Carriacou, Grenada, won the discus and shot put and placed in the javelin to earn 24 points for the ULM men's team.
The Warhawk men finished seventh overall with 68 points, while the Warhawk women's team placed fifth with 84.50 points. Middle Tennessee won the Sun Belt men's title with 130 points, while Western Kentucky won the women's title with 143 points.
"We performed really well this weekend," said head coach J.D. MALONE. "Our women did well with Destiny (Montemayor) picking up a win and Bola (Shoyebi) earning two bids to regionals. The men did well, considering we are competing in a much tougher conference this season."
Montemayor won the hammer throw and set a Sun Belt championship record with a toss of 54.10 meters (177-06). The previous record was 176-01 set by Erin Streater of New Mexico State in 2004.
Shoyebi earned a second trip to the NCAA Mid-east Regionals on May 25-26 in Columbia, Mo., and all-Sun Belt honors with third-place finishes in the 100 and 200-meter races. Shoyebi ran a qualifying time of 11.74 in the 100 and 23.68 in the 200.
Maya Aden picked up his second all-Sun Belt honor on Sunday with a third-place time of 3:54.60 in the 1,500-meter run. Matt Brophy picked up points for ULM coming in right behind Aden in fourth with a time of 3:56.44. Aden also picked up additional points for the Warhawks in the 5,000-meter run with a sixth-place finish.
Andrew Opata picked up his first all-Sun Belt honor with a third-place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.96.
Ilima Sam Fong earned all-Sun Belt honors for her second-place finish in the javelin with a throw of 43.33 meters (142-02).