DENVER – Utah Valley’s Ivie Gonsalves and Lauren Hicks have been named the Western Athletic Conference women’s track and field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for March 3-9.
Gonsalves, a junior from Broomfield, Colo. (Legacy HS), won the 5000-meter run and took second in the 1500 at the UNLV Track Classic. Gonsalves took home the 5,000-meter run title with a time of 17:42.33 and her time of 4:45.43 in the 1500 was good enough for second in that race. The UVU junior’s times in the two events currently rank her 1st in the nation on the outdoor side in the 5,000 and 15th in the 1,500.
Hicks, a freshman Gilbert, Ariz. (Gilbert HS), continued her strong 2014 campaign by breaking the UVU record in the triple jump at the UNLV Track Classic. Hicks’ leap of 11.79m (38’-08.25”) was also good enough to win the event at the UNLV Track Classic. The Wolverine freshman, who is currently ranked second in the nation in the triple jump for the outdoor season, now holds both indoor and outdoor records in the event for Utah Valley.