GSC Announces 2020 Women's Indoor Track and Field Yearly Awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Gulf South Conference has announced the 2020 indoor women’s track and field yearly award winners. Christian Brothers’
Chelsea Walker was named GSC Track Athlete of the Year, while Mississippi College’s
Tytavia Hardy was named GSC Field Athlete of the Year, and
Paishence Collier from West Georgia earned GSC Freshman of the Year honors. Lee’s Caleb Morgan was awarded GSC Coach of the Year after winning the inaugural GSC Indoor Championship.
Walker was named Co-GSC Track Athlete of the Year for last year’s outdoor season. This year, she took home three gold medals at the GSC Indoor Championship, winning the 60m, 60m hurdles, and the 200m. She was named the meet’s Most Outstanding Track Performer. For the season, Walker holds the league’s top mark in four events with four times that exceed the NCAA provisional standard.
Hardy was the GSC Women’s Indoor Championship’s Most Outstanding Field and Overall Performer. She finished first in the long jump and triple jump to go along with a second place finish in the high jump. On the track, she added a fourth place finish in the 60m hurdles. On the year, she has the league’s best mark in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump.
Collier won three bronze medals at last week’s GSC Indoor Championship in the 400m, 4x400m relay, and the long jump. On the year, she has the league’s fifth best time in the 400m, the third best mark in the long jump, she’s a member of the 4x400m relay team that has the third best time in the league. She also ranks 16th in the GSC in the 800m. She was named GSC Freshman of the Week once this season.
Morgan was the GSC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year from 2017-2019, and the GSC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year from 2017-19, which makes this his seventh overall honor on the women’s side.