GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Florida State grad student Kellion Knibb earned Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Field Performer of the Week accolades after a record performance in the discus and highlights a group of five conference Outdoor Track and Field weekly award honorees that each posted national top-five marks or times last weekend.

NC State distance runner Erika Kemp was named the ACC Women’s Track Performer of the Week for the third time this season, while Virginia Tech’s Drew Piazza and Pitt’s Desmond Palmer shared Men’s Track Performer of the Week honors. Virginia’s Jordan Scott was tabbed as the ACC Field Performer of the Week.

Knibb felled a trio of records on her third discus attempt of the competition Saturday at Stanford’s Cardinal Classic. Unleashing a lifetime-best mark of 61.59 meters (202-1), Knibb broke her own Jamaican National, ACC and Florida State marks and solidified her position atop the NCAA Division I ranks in 2017. The three-time ACC discus champion and 2016 NCAA runner-up was locked in a duel with Valarie Allman, last year’s NCAA bronze medalist from Stanford, who was competing unattached. Knibb ultimately finished second in the competition as Allman posted the No. 4 mark in the world this year (64.69m) for the win. Knibb’s throw meets the qualifying standard for the 2017 IAAF World Championships, which will be contested August 4-13 in London. The St. Catherine, Jamaica, native is currently ranked No. 15 in the world.

NC State’s Kemp continued her undefeated season with a win in the 5,000m at the Virginia Challenge on Saturday night. Kemp crossed the finish line in 15:41.23 to set the NCAA's fourth-fastest time this season. The time is a 16-second PR and moves her past Julie Shea to second on NC State's 5,000m list – just eight seconds from Betty Springs' school record of 15:33.43. Kemp is having a breakout year after missing the last outdoor season due to injury. This season, Kemp has raced three times in three different events and won all three races, while setting personal bests in the 1,500m and 5,00m. The Mount Holly, New Jersey, redshirt junior also ranks top-10 in the NCAA in the 5,000m and 10,000m.

Piazza headlined the Hokies’ efforts at the Virginia Challenge over the weekend, running the 800-meter race outdoors for the first time this season. The Danvers, Massachusetts, native earned a third-place finish in the event and clocked a school-record time of 1 minute, 46.02 seconds. He broke teammate Patrick Joseph’s previous mark of 1:47.29, which was set at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Outdoor Championships last season. With Saturday’s mark, Piazza currently owns the fastest time in the conference and the fifth-best time in the nation. 

Pitt’s Palmer posted a league-leading mark in the 400m hurdles at the Virginia Challenge and now sits second in the NCAA East Region and fifth overall in the nation (49.76). Palmer also anchored the Panthers’ 4x400m relay team that picked up a win over ranked opponents No. 9 Virginia and No. 23 Virginia Tech. The Pickerington, Ohio, native placed second in the 110m hurdles, finishing a hundredth of a second behind the winner.

The Cavaliers’ Scott now ranks second in the triple jump in UVA history and holds the No. 2 mark in the nation this season following his gold medal mark of 16.44m (53-11.25) in the Virginia Challenge. The mark was also Scott’s personal best jump was a school freshman record. The Portmore, Jamaica, native also took part in the long jump and finished eighth in the meet with a distance of 7.16 meters.