Janvier Named HCAC Track Athlete of the Week
Hip Hip Ja'qway! Defiance College sprinter Ja'qway Janvier (Miami Gardens, Fla./Mater Academy Charter) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week following his dominant performance at the John Hartpence Invitational last Friday evening.
CARMEL, Ind. - Hip Hip Ja'qway! Defiance College sprinter Ja'qway Janvier (Miami Gardens, Fla./Mater Academy Charter) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week following his dominant performance at the John Hartpence Invitational last Friday evening.
The sophomore ran the third-fastest time in school history in the 60-meters with an impressive 6.96 seconds to place first in the event. This mark is currently tied for the tenth fastest in NCAA Division III this season and is the fastest in the HCAC this year. Janvier's time is also the fastest by an HCAC runner since 2018 when Anderson's Garrett Cooley posted a 6.95 second time in the conference championship. Janvier is the third Yellow Jacket to break the seven-second mark joining Darius Spinks, who holds the school record with a time of 6.90 seconds and is tied for the HCAC record, and Ryan Perry who ran a time of 6.99 seconds in 2010. Spinks currently holds the two fastest times in program history with 6.90 seconds and 6.94 seconds.
In addition to his record-setting performance, Janvier won the 200-meter dash with a new personal best time of 23.48 seconds. He also ran the first leg of the 4x400 relay in which Defiance took first place with a time of 3:51.12. The sophomore also had success in the long jump, winning the event with a mark of 5.93 meters.
Janvier and the rest of the Defiance squad will be competing at the HCAC Indoor Championships this weekend in Terre Haute, Ind. The women will be competing on Saturday followed by the men on Sunday with both events set to kick off at 1:00 pm.