GREENVILLE, S.C. – Lees-McRae College's
Jean Origene has been named the Conference Carolinas Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week after breaking his own school record and earning an NCAA Division II provisional mark in the 60-meter dash at the ETSU Indoor Invitational on Saturday.
Origene, a freshman pre-physical therapy major, broke his own Lees-McRae indoor record and earned an NCAA Division II provisional time in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.87 at the ETSU Invitational on Saturday. His time earned him a third-place finish and broke his previous record by .09 seconds and currently ranks second in the conference so far this season.
The Bobcats will travel to Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Thursday, Feb. 10 to compete in the Champion Team Challenge.
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