Newton-Smith, Walker Earn SBC Weekly Honors

JONESBORO, Ark. (1/28/21) – After a strong start to the 2020-21 indoor track and field season, Arkansas State's Jermie Walker and Camryn Newton-Smith garnered Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors on Thursday.

Newton-Smith was named Women's Field Athlete of the Week, while Walker was tabbed Men's Track Athlete of the Week in the league's first weekly honors of the season.

The All-American pentathlete Newton-Smith earned her second career weekly honor after posting a strong first pentathlon of the year, totaling 4,068 points to win at the Samford Multis on Jan. 21. That mark currently ranks second in the NCAA and was three shy of matching her school-record mark…