DENVER – Idaho’s Josh Dalton and Boise State’s Zacharias Arnos have been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for the week of March 22-28.
Dalton, a junior from Deary, Idaho (Deary HS), took 15th out of 49 competitors in the men’s 800 meters at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday with a time of 1:51.67. The time is the fastest in the WAC this year by more than one second and is the second-fastest race of Dalton’s outdoor career.
Arnos, a senior from Nicosia, Greece (Archbishop Mauarios III Lyceum), placed second in both the triple jump and the long jump at the Arizona State University Team Invite over the weekend. Arnos had a leap of 50 feet, 11.5 inches (15.53 meters) in the triple jump, missing first place by just 1.5 inches. The senior’s mark is first in the WAC by over two feet and ranks fifth in the nation. Arnos’ jump of 24-7 (7.49m) in the long jump tops the WAC by over a foot and is tied for 12th in the nation.
Other track nominees included: Boise State’s Jeff Howard, Fresno State’s Danny Vartanian, Louisiana Tech’s Wade MaGaha and Utah State’s Brian McKenna.
Other field nominees included: Fresno State’s Tim Greene and Idaho’s James Rogan.
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