ATLANTA – Eastern Kentucky University's Ahmed Jaziri and Felicia Phillips have been named the ASUN Male and Female Track Athletes of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday.
 
Jaziri was named Co-Male Track Athlete of the Week, along with Lipscomb's Jonathan Schwind. Jaziri ran 7:47.34 in the 3,000 meters on Saturday night at Boston University's Valentine Invitational. He was the second collegiate finisher in a race in which Notre Dame's Yared Nuguse broke the NCAA record in the event (7:38.13).
 
Jaziri's time smashed his own previous EKU record for 3,000 meters (7:53.19) and it is the fastest in the ASUN this season by nearly 16 seconds. It also broke the Tunisian record and it gives Jaziri the World Championships standard in the event.
 
This is the second time Jaziri has been named ASUN Track Athlete of the Week in 2022. The All-American from Rades, Tunisia owns the fastest 3K time and mile time (4:02.93/3:59.87) in the conference this season.
 
Phillips was named Co-Female Track Athlete of the Week, along with Kennesaw State's Sarah Hendrick. Phillips broke two school records and posted two ASUN-best performances over the weekend at the Music City Challenge in Nashville.
 
The transfer from Memphis, Tennessee kicked off the record breaking by winning her heat of the 400 meters on Saturday. Her time of 55.33 edged the previous indoor school record of 55.55, set by Bianca Forbes in 2012.
 
It is currently the fastest 400 meters time in the ASUN this season.
 
Phillips then teamed up with Quantasia Perry, Alicia Recio, and Aniya Matthews to take down the long-time EKU 4x400 meter relay record at the conclusion of the meet. The quartet won their heat with a blistering, ASUN-best time of 3:46.63. That mark bested the previous school record of 3:47.54, a record which had stood since 1990.
 
Jaziri, Phillips, and the EKU track and field team return to action February 25-26 at their first-ever ASUN Indoor Championships in Lynchburg, Virginia.