DENVER ?“ Utah State?™s Trever Ball and Tiffany Strickland have been named the Xbox Live Western Athletic Conference Cross Country Athletes of the Week, respectively.
Ball, a senior from Hyrum, Utah, won the Montana State Invitational with a time of 24:35. He topped the seven-team field in the five-mile race. Ball will next compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.
Strickland, a senior from Orem, Utah, won her second race of the season, taking home the Montana State Invitational. She posted a time of 17:16 in the three-mile race. Strickland edged teammate Amy Egan for the win.
Other men nominees included: Ty Axtman, Boise State and Kevin Friesen, Idaho.
Other women nominees included: Dee Olson, Idaho.