UKTF: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Named SEC Freshman Runner of the Year

Kentucky track and field’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was named the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Freshman Outdoor Runner of the Year by the league office on Wednesday.
Camacho-Quinn won the SEC title in the 100-meter hurdles in a personal record time of 12.69. That time was the second fastest in meet history (UK’s Keni Harrison won in 12.50 in 2015).
She also ran on Kentucky’s SEC bronze-medal 4×100-meter and fourth-place 4×400-meter relay teams.
Camacho-Quinn became the first SEC freshman to win the 100m hurdles since Jasmine Stowers (LSU) in 2011.
Camacho-Quinn qualified for the NCAA Championships, which will take place next week in Eugene, Oregon, in the 100m hurdles, 200m and 4x100m relay.
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2016 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Awards
Men’s Runner of the Year – Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, LSU
Men’s Field Athlete of the Year – Lindon Victor, Texas A&M
Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year – Kahmari Montgomery, Missouri
Men’s Co-Freshman Field Athletes of the Year – Anders Eriksson, Florida/Daniel Haugh, Alabama
Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Jarrion Lawson, Arkansas
Men’s Coach of the Year – Chris Bucknam, Arkansas
Women’s Co-Runners of the Year – Felicia Brown, Tennessee/Dominique Scott-Efurd, Arkansas
Women’s Field Athlete of the Year – Keturah Orji, Georgia
Women’s Freshman Runner of the Year – Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Kentucky
Women’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year – Lexi Weeks, Arkansas
Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Keturah Orji, Georgia
Women’s Coach of the Year – Lance Harter, Arkansas
by Jake Most