DALLAS, Texas – With one first-place and two second-place finishes at the Tennessee Relays, senior sprinter Kymari Gates earned Conference USA Co-Male Track Athlete of the Week honors.
At the Tennessee Relays, Gates finished the 200-meter dash in a time of 20.68 to claim the top spot in the conference and to tie for 18th in the country. The senior also ran a leg of the second-place 4x100-meter relay. The 4x100 squad finished in 39.82, a mark that ranks 29th in the country. Gates' 4x200-meter relay team finished first at the meet with a time of 1:23.60.
"Kymari has done a good job thus far," said head coach Erik Jenkins of the senior's accomplishments. "He has performed well individually and in relays at some of the best meets in the country against the nation's elite programs."
The Cincinnati-native has been consistent this spring, owning the top 400-meter time in C-USA at 46.18. Gates was also a member of the 4x400-meter relay squad that ran at the Florida Relays, holding the best time in C-USA and sixth best in the country. He was a leg of WKU's 4x100-meter relay team that recorded the top time in the conference as well as the 26th best mark in the nation.
Gates is expected to compete at the Mt. SAC Relays this upcoming weekend along with other members of the WKU Track & Field team.
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