Butler, Gaines take home SLC weekly awards

By: Jonathon Zenk, Assistant Director of Communications NATCHITOCHES—Two times ranked in the top 15 nationally in events turns heads. And earns awards. Northwestern State sprinters Sanaria Butler and Keontae Gaines collected the Southland Conference Men's and Women's Track Athletes of the Week. Butler ran a blistering 52.80 in the 400-meter dash at the Keyth Talley Invitational, which is the 11th-best mark in the NCAA and tops in the Southland Conference this outdoor season. The sophomore was also a part of the 4x400 relay team that ran a 3:36.04, which is the 10th-best time in the NCAA and No. 1 in...