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NEW ORLEANS – ULM's J'Marcus Sewell was voted Sun Belt Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year while Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi was named SBC Women's Indoor Field Performer of the Year on Thursday (Feb. 29) following a vote of the league's head coaches.
 
Sewell, a sprinter from Baton Rouge, La., placed second at the SBC Championships and broke the ULM school record in the 200m with a personal-best time of 21.35. The Woodlawn High School graduate also notched a fifth-place finish in the 60m with a 6.89. Sewell's impressive SBC Championship appearance included him helping ULM's 4x400 relay team place third with a time of 3:17.14.
 
Ilunga Mbuyi, a junior from Olivet, France, swept the jumping events at the 2024 SBC Indoor Track & Field Championships and was selected Women's Indoor Field Performer of the Year. She was crowned the long jump champion with a leap of 6.04m (19' 9.75") and later earned the title of triple jump champion with a mark of 13.01m (42' 8.25"). Ilunga Mbuyi was named SBC Indoor Field Athlete of the Week twice this season and broke the ULM school record in the triple jump at the Arkansas Qualifier on Feb. 16 with a mark of 13.13m. She placed first in the triple jump at the Howie Ryan Invitational with a result of 13.12m and recorded a podium finish at the Vanderbilt Invitational (12.84m). She took first at the LSU Purple Tiger (12.85m) in the triple jump.
 
SBC Men's Indoor Track & Field Postseason Awards
High-Point Scorer: Dominick Yancy, Texas State
Track Performer of the Year: Daniel Harrold, Texas State
Field Performer of the Year: Bradley Jelmert, Arkansas State
Freshman of the Year: J'Marcus Sewell, ULM
Co-Newcomers of the Year: Shawn Collins, Texas State / Sacha Perrier, South Alabama
Coach of the Year: Jim Patchell, Arkansas State
 
SBC Women's Track & Field Postseason Awards
High-Point Scorer: NaJ Watson, Georgia Southern
Track Performer of the Year: NaJ Watson, Georgia Southern
Field Performer of the Year: Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi, ULM
Freshman of the Year: Ebba Hedberg, Coastal Carolina
Newcomer of the Year: Michelle Ogbemudia, Arkansas State
Coach of the Year: Jim Patchell, Arkansas State
 
Additionally, 14 ULM track & field athletes earned SBC All-Conference recognition after finishing first, second or third in their respective individual events.
 
2024 Sun Belt Women's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference First Team
Bella Coscetti, Arkansas State
Cheyenne Melvin, Arkansas State
Michelle Ogbemudia, Arkansas State
Cadence Lapp, Arkansas State
Hanyla Milligan, Arkansas State
Rahel Broemmel, Arkansas State
Ebba Hedberg, Coastal Carolina
Molly Jones, Coastal Carolina
NaJ Watson, Georgia Southern
Alanna Smith, Georgia Southern
Sofia Molina, Georgia Southern
Lauren Euler, Georgia Southern
Kennedy London, Louisiana
Kylee Mastin, Marshall
Abby Herring, Marshall
Trinity Benson, Southern Miss
Melanie Duron, Texas State
Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi, ULM
Claudine Raud-Gumiel, ULM
 
2024 Sun Belt Women's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference Second Team
Rhys Ammon, App State
Jasmine Donohue, App State
Elizabeth Fuller, App State
Kaitlyn Obremski, App State
Selase Sampram, Arkansas State
Amanda Kinloch, Coastal Carolina
Lauren Gordon, Coastal Carolina
Amanda Kinloch, Coastal Carolina
Zionna Perez-Tucker, Coastal Carolina
Amelia Canetto, Coastal Carolina
Keniya Walker, Georgia State
Miranda Stanhope, James Madison
Taylor Davis, Louisiana
Dianna Goodman, Marshall
Za'Isha Fraser, Southern Miss
Mathilde Canet, Texas State
Elisabet Runarsdottir, Texas State
Taejha Badal, Texas State
 
 
2024 Sun Belt Women's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference Third Team
Ashlee Osaji, App State
Camryn Lorick, Coastal Carolina
Ellie Wolski, Coastal Carolina
Imani Moore, Georgia Southern
Maleah Heard, Georgia State
Jordyn Henderson, James Madison
Bodine Degli-Umberti, South Alabama
Alexis Gratia, South Alabama
Addison McLaurin, Southern Miss
Trinity Flagler, Southern Miss
Savi'a Varnell, Southern Miss
Jada McDougle, Southern Miss
Luize Opola, Texas State
Kimberly Gloria, Texas State
Alexia Macias, Texas State
Abigail Parra, Texas State
Aliyah Simmons, Texas State
 
 
2024 Sun Belt Men's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference First Team
Colby Eddowes, Arkansas State
Bradley Jelmert, Arkansas State
Lasse Funck, Arkansas State
Hannes Fahl, Arkansas State
Cash Kunkel, Arkansas State
Tyren Hannah, Louisiana
Sebastian Loschner, South Alabama
Sacha Perrier, South Alabama
Kingsley Unorji, Southern Miss
Zayne Palomino, Southern Miss
Dominick Yancy, Texas State
Brian West II, Texas State
Daniel Harrold, Texas State
Chris Preddie, Texas State
Avery Veiseh, Texas State
Shawn Collins, Texas State
Rojs Puks, ULM
Santana Richardson, ULM
Reid Guirlando, ULM
Juwan Blignaut, ULM
 
2024 Sun Belt Men's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference Second Team
Willem Coertzen, Arkansas State
Jacob Pyeatt, Arkansas State
Dawson Mayberry, Arkansas State
Kenyon Parker, Arkansas State
Reece Shelby, Louisiana
Jarell Joseph, Louisiana
Joseph Patterson, Louisiana
Peyton Chiasson, Louisiana
Caemon Scott, Louisiana
Mekhi Boutte, Louisiana
Antoni Hoyte-Small, Louisiana
Javed Jones, Louisiana
Sebastian Reyneke, South Alabama
Dorian Curry, South Alabama
Francois Prinsloo, South Alabama
Kyle Rademeyer, South Alabama
Kelvin Chiku, Southern Miss
De'Aundre Ward, Southern Miss
J'Marcus Sewell, ULM
Stafon Roach, ULM
 
 
2024 Sun Belt Men's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference Third Team
John Carswell, Arkansas State
Noah McMurtrey, Arkansas State
Handre Jonker, Arkansas State
Andrew Mason, Arkansas State
Trejun Jones, Louisiana
Xavier Johnson, South Alabama
Omar Austin, Southern Miss
Piers Cameron, Southern Miss
Kaya Ludgood, Southern Miss
Easton Hammond, Texas State
Aiden Hayes, Texas State
Devin Bilbo, ULM
Algirdas Strelciunas, ULM
Jay Louison-Roe, ULM
Ericleon May, ULM
Santana Richardson, ULM
Imani Coleman, ULM