For the second time this season, Tennessee track and field athlete Favour Ashe has been named Southeastern Conference Male Freshman of the Week.
Ashe, a native of Ughelli, Nigeria, set Tennessee’s freshman record in the 60-meter dash last weekend in Arkansas (6.52 seconds).
His time broke a record set by Leonard Scott in 1999. Scott’s previous rookie record time was 6.56 seconds.
Ashe’s time is the third fastest time in Tennessee history.
Christian Coleman holds the program’s all-time record (6.45 seconds) set in 2017. Scott has the second best mark all time (6.48 seconds).
Ashe is the first Tennessee athlete to earn multiple Freshman of the Week honors since Coleman achieved the feat in 2014.
Ashe’s time in the 60-meter dash is the fastest in the SEC this season and ranks third in the NCAA and sixth in the world.