DENVER ?“ Utah State?™s Trever Ball and Idaho?™s Dee Olson have been named the Xbox Live Western Athletic Conference Cross Country Athletes of the Week.
Ball, a senior from Hyrum, Utah, finished 16th at the highly contested Notre Dame Invitational last week. He covered the five-mile course in 24:07 to pace the Aggies, who finished 11th as a team. Ball has been Utah State?™s top finisher in all three events this year.
Olson, a junior from Estracada, Ore., became the first Vandal woman to win a race this season, taking home top honors at the Williamette Invitational. She grabbed gold in a time of 17:01.50, helping Idaho to a sixth-place finish.
Men nominees included: None
Other women nominees included: Andrea Buckner, Fresno State; Tiffany Hall, San Jose State and Tiffany Strickland, Utah State.