DENVER ?“ Boise State?™s Ty Axtman and San Jose State?™s Tiffany Hall have been named the Western Athletic Conference men?™s and women?™s cross country Athletes of the Week, respectively.
Axtman, a junior from Elma, Wash., finished third at the NNU Invitational in Nampa, Idaho. Axtman posted a time of 18:15.00 in the 6k race. Axtman finished just behind Bronco standout, Forest Braden who was running unattached. The third-place finished helped the Broncos to a third-place finish with 74 points.
Hall, a junior from Vacaville, Calif., finished in first place at the UC Davis Aggie Invitational with a time of 18:23.90. She helped the San Jose State women to a second-place finish. Hall has two top-five finishes this year. Her first-place finish was the first by a Spartans harrier since 2001.
Additional men?™s nominees included: None
Additional women?™s nominees included: Kendra Hernandez, Boise State; Andrea Buckner, Fresno State and Grace Thomson, New Mexico State.