West Babylon, N.Y. - St. Thomas Aquinas College Indoor Men's Track & Field star Emmanuel Mena Jimenez has been selected as a 2024 ECC Indoor Track & Field Men’s Co-Athlete of the Year on Friday, sharing the honor with Holy Family University's Nishorn Pierre.

Mena Jimenez (West Haverstraw, N.Y.) won the weight throw six times in nine opportunities this indoor season, including the gold medal at the ECC Indoor Track & Field Championships where he turned in a career-best, ECC-leading, and NCAA East Region-leading mark of 20.22m (66’ 4 1/4”). The ECC Preseason Co-Athlete of the Year (with Pierre) also excelled in the shot put, competing in the event eight times, the final resulting in the bronze medal at ECCs at 14.75m (48’ 4 3/4”). Mena Jimenez’s season-best mark in the shot put of 15.30m (50' 2 1/2”) ranks third in the ECC and fifth in the NCAA East Region. 

Mena Jimenez has qualified to compete in the NCAA Division II National Championships, which will be hosted by Pittsburg State University and Explore Crawford County, and held at the Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, Kansas on March 8-9. Manny will be making his second appearance at a Division II National Championship, having competed in the Discus event at the outdoor meet last May. In his first indoor championship, Manny will battle D2's best in the Weight Throw competition, where he finished regular season ranked 15th in the country with a toss of 20.22m (66'4.25"). Mena Jimenez hit his first provisional mark back in early December at TCNJ Winter Opener.