Abigail Kwarteng Named Women’s Field Athlete of the Year

Women’s Track Athlete of the Year – Abigail Kwarteng, Middle Tennessee, Gs., Bekwai, Ghana.
Kwarteng most recently finished as the national runner-up in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

The 2022 C-USA Outdoor high jump champion also finished third in the triple jump at the league’s outdoor meet. Her outdoor clearance of 1.92m (6-3.5) tied her Ghana national record and the Middle Tennessee program record en route to earning First Team All-American honors. Her clearance was also the third-best during the outdoor season.

Middle Tennessee’s Abigail Kwarteng was named the Women’s Field Athlete of the Year to round out the 2022 winners of the Conference USA Track & Field Athletes of the Year awards.

How voting was done.

All awards were voted on by the league’s head coaches and take into account the student-athletes performances from both the 2022 indoor and outdoor seasons.

Abigail’s 2022 Honours both indoors and outdoors.

⇒ National Runner-Up

⇒ First Team All-America

⇒ First Team All-CUSA (High Jump)

⇒ Third Team All-CUSA (Tripple Jump)

⇒ 3x C-USA Athlete of the Week

⇒ Ghana High Jump National Record

⇒ High Jump All-Season Program Record

⇒ Won 6 of 7 High jump Events this season