Harrison Earns SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week Award

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1/19/2021
LSU Sports Information
By: Aaron Hyder


   Baton Rouge, La. –  LSU track and field super senior JuVaughn Harrison was named the SEC Men's Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon the league office announced.
A two-time national champion, five-time All-American and 2019 Bowerman semifinalist, Harrison opened up his 2021 season on Saturday at the Purple Tiger Invitational in the long jump. A native of Huntsville, Ala., Harrison leaped out to an SEC leading and NCAA No. 2 mark of 26' 2.25" (7.98 meters) in the long jump to claim his first event title of the season. The mark of 26' 2.25" is currently the third-best mark in the world for 2021.
Harrison and the LSU track and field team will be back in action this weekend at the Woo Pig Classic in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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