Malanda Earns First MAC Field Athlete of the Week Award of Outdoor Season
4/1/2025 11:21:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
CLEVELAND – Kent State senior Alexandre Malanda has been named Mid-American Conference Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors, the league office announced on Tuesday.
Malanda holds a No. 8 national ranking in the triple jump following an outstanding performance at the Texas Relays. The Paris native recorded a new outdoor PR of 52'-4", which puts him at No. 5 on the Golden Flashes' all-time outdoor performance list.
Kent State will be in action at the Dave Labor Invitational, hosted by Slippery Rock University, this weekend.
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![Four Kent State track and field athletes pose together on the awards podium wearing light blue Under Armour uniforms and gold MAC Championship medals. Left to right: Chaz Sakala (bib 1196), Sean [last name partially visible] (bib 1157, holding a relay baton), Ryan Gross (bib 1167), and Jacob Stanley (bib 1192). The group smiles for the camera following their relay event at the MAC Outdoor Championships.](https://images.sidearmdev.com/resize?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net%2Fsidearm.nextgen.sites%2Fkentstatesports.com%2Fimages%2F2026%2F5%2F21%2FIMG_2657.jpg&height=340&type=webp)
