{"id":35999,"date":"2017-12-07T12:05:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=35999"},"modified":"2017-12-07T12:05:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:05:53","slug":"odac-names-emus-amoateng-athlete-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/odac-names-emus-amoateng-athlete-week\/","title":{"rendered":"ODAC names EMU&#8217;s Amoateng Athlete of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Already a nationals participant at the end of his sophomore year, Eastern Mennonite jumper\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2017-18\/bios\/amoateng_grant_situ\">Grant Amoateng<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Bristow, Va.\/Patriot) is ready for more. And after a stellar start to his indoor season as a junior, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference selected Amoateng as the league&#8217;s Field Athlete of the Week.<\/p>\n<p>At last weekend&#8217;s season-opening Bast-Cregger Invitational at Ronaoke College, Amoateng landed a PR in the long jump, and was the top D-III competitor in both the long and triple jumps. His 6.92m (22-8.5ft) in the long jump was his best (indoor or outdoor) and puts him No. 2 in EMU history, just 0.08m behind Michael Allen&#8217;s indoor record of 7.00m.<\/p>\n<p>He then hit the sand at 13.86m (45-5.75ft) in the triple jump, the event he took to the NCAA National Championships last outdoor season. Amoateng is currently No. 9 in the nation in the long jump and No. 13 in the triple jump. 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