Aquilla and Battle Earn USTFCCCA Regional Athlete of the Year Honors
3/17/2022 2:01:32 PM | General
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association announced its 2022 Indoor Track & Field Division I awards on Thursday. Senior thrower Adelaide Aquilla was named the Great Lakes Region’s Women’s Field Athlete of the Year, while senior sprinter Anavia Battle was named Great Lakes Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year. Earlier this week, Aquilla was named Big Ten Female Field Athlete of the Year and Battle was named Big Ten Female Track Athlete of the Year.
Aquilla was named USTFCCCA All-American First Team following her performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships last weekend, where she finished as the runner-up in the women’s shot put (17.95m). The Big Ten Shot Put Champion (18.71m) was named the Female Field Athlete of the Championships, Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree and All-Big Ten First Team following the conference meet. Aquilla was named the national Female Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 25 after breaking Ohio State’s indoor shot put record (19.09m). She was honored as the conference’s Field Athlete of the Week on four occasions and earned four wins in the shot put this season.
Battle also earned a spot on the USTFCCCA All-American First Team after finishing third at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the women’s 200m (22.63). At the Big Ten Championships, Battle earned wins in the women’s 60m (7.28) and 200m (22.39). She broke the meet and facility record in the 200m in both the preliminary rounds and finals, running the fourth-fastest time in women’s NCAA history (at the time) in the event finals. Battle was the unanimous pick for Big Ten Female Track Athlete of the Championships and was selected for the All-Big Ten First Team. She earned both national and conference athlete of the week the same week and totaled eight wins on the season, going undefeated until the NCAA Championships.
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