NEW ORLEANS, La.- Privateers Track and Field student athlete
Ismael Kone has been selected as the Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the Month for May announced the Allstate Sugar Bowl Friday. Kone will compete next week at the NCAA DI 2022 Outdoor Track and volleyball & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Kone is the fastest sprinter in New Orleans' history breaking the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter dash at the Southland Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 9.94 seconds that broke the school record and was the fastest time ever run at an SLC Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet.
The time was the third-best collegiate time in the nation this year and 13th in the world. Kone also won the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.59 and ran the third leg for the Privateers' 4x100-meter relay victory (40.08).
At the NCAA East Preliminaries in Bloomington, Ind., Kone qualified for the National Championships in the 100-meter dash with the third-best overall time (10.11) and the 200 with a time of 20.80.
The NCAA Championships are scheduled for June 8-11 in Eugene, Ore., with Kone competing in the 100-meter dash semifinals Wednesday 7:46 p.m. Central and the 200m semifinals at 8:44 p.m. Central.
Kone becomes the first Privateer Track & Field student-athlete to earn the award and the second student-athlete this year behind star hooper Derek St. Hilaire who received the honor in January.
HEAD COACH BRIAN JOHNSON
"I am extremely proud of Ismael for being selected as New Orleans Athlete of the month for May. Next week, we are looking to run some fast times and have a great meet. He is a very dedicated and great athlete, and I know the best is yet to come."
PRIVATEER ALL-STATE SUGAR BOWL AMATEUR ATHLETES OF THE MONTH
2022
Ismael Kone (May)
2022 Derek St. Hilaire (January)
2018 Randi Brown (January)
2018 Erik Thomas (March)
2010 Oscar Zetterwall (April)
2009 Jada Frazier (January)
2007 Joey Butler (May)
2007 Johnny Giavotella (March)
2006 Bo McCalebb (February)
2006 Bo McCalebb (December)
2005 Bo McCalebb (February)
2004 Thomas Diamond (March)
2004 Bo McCalebb (February)
2022 Brandon Kling (March)
2002 Hector Romero (February)
2002 Yolanda White (January)
2000 Michaela Mannova (September)
2000 Crystal Elliers (July)
2000 Matt Matejcek (April)
1999 Marylou Augustin (November)
1999 John Ballon (March)
1993 Ervin Johnson (February)
1992 Ervin Johnson (December)
1991 Tank Collins (January)
1991 Ervin Johnson (July)
1991 Ervin Johnson (December)
1990 Ervin Johnson (December)
1989 Tony Harris (February)
1988 Brian Traxler (February)
1988 Ted Wood (March)
1987 Ted Wood (July)
1988 Willie Richardson (December)
1986 Ronnie Grandison (January)
1984 John Harris (December)
1983 John Harris (December)
1975 Wilbur Holland (February)
1975 Wilbur Holland (March)
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