Eric Gregory Award Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week Week Of 2/20/2024 Sport Men's Indoor Track and Field School Gallaudet University Year Senior Position Hometown Metairie, La. High School East Jefferson Track Athlete of the Week Eric Gregory / Sr / Gallaudet University / Metairie, La. / East Jefferson HS Gallaudet University All-American sprinter Eric Gregory (Metairie, La.) blew past the Division I competition in the 400-meter dash last Friday at the Navy Select on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy in the Wesley A. Brown Field House. Gregory won the 400-meter dash in 48.69 seconds out of six total runners in the event. Gregory was nearly a second ahead of Aaron Abedin from the University of Maryland (49.56). William & Mary sprinter David Seekford was third (50.15) followed by Peter Capozzoli (51.39) from Maryland and two Navy sprinters took fifth and sixth in Grant Hunsaker (51.64) and Thomas Kephart (52.71), respectively. Gregory came out of the blocks hot as he clocked a 22.718 in the race's first 200 meters. The senior sprinter closed out the final 200 meters in 25.965 seconds. This is the 11th Athlete of the Week honor for Gregory who is a two-time NCAA Division III National Champion (400m; 2022 & 2023; outdoors) as well as a four-time All-American.