DENVER ? Boise State’s Paige Olivetti and Eleni Kafourou have been named Western Athletic Conference Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively for Feb. 2?8.
Olivetti, a senior from Reno, Nev. (Wooster HS), earned three first-place finishes at the United Heritage Invitational last weekend. The senior won the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.87 (second in the WAC) and took the 400-meter dash at 56.31 (first in the WAC). Olivetti also helped the 4x400-meter relay team earn a first-place finish with a time of 3:47.75. The mark stands as the second-best effort in the conference this season. This marks the first time this season she has earned the weekly award.
Kafourou, a senior from Athens, Greece (9th Lykeium Pireas HS), broke a school record for the second-straight weekend. She recorded a NCAA automatic qualifying mark in the long jump winning the event with a Boise State record leap of 21-1.25 (6.43m). The mark stands as the fourth-best jump in the nation and ranks No. 1 in the conference by nearly 2.5 feet. This is the second-consecutive competition she has broken a school record. Last week, Kafourou broke the school’s triple jump record with a mark of 43-5.00 (13.23m), a jump that also stands as the fourth-best in the nation. This is the second time in as many weeks she was been named WAC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week.
Other track nominees included: Nevada’s Schavi Hill, Fresno State’s Roxanne Sellick, New Mexico State’s Leah Benton, Utah State’s Elaine Connolly and Idaho’s Allix Lee-Painter.
Other field nominees included: Nevada’s Constance McAlman, Fresno State’s Sharon Ayala, New Mexico State’s Jordan Veney, Utah State’s Spela Hus and Idaho’s Mykael Bothum.