DENVER - Utah Valley's Ashley Zulauf and Kansas City's Jayla Riggins have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for Nov. 28-Dec. 4.
Zulauf, a junior from Lamar, Colo., placed second in the 55-meter dash with a new personal record of 7.08 seconds to remain at second all-time on the school record list in that event. She also teamed with senior teammates Alena Gillespie, Mykah Heaton Ouderkirk and Lexi Shaw to deliver one of seven Wolverine first-place finishes at Weber State. The 4x4 relay squad won the race on a time of 3:54.01 which is ranked 35th nationally.
Riggins, a sophomore from St. Louis, Mo., finished just shy of personal best marks in both the long jump and triple jump events at the Bob Timmons Challenge this past weekend. She jumped to a nations 49th and WAC best of 5.49 meters in the long jump. Riggins then jumped 10.43 meters in the triple jump.
Other track nominees: Chicago State's Asia Johnson placed second in the 60-meter hurdles with a personal best of 8.83… Kansas City's Genel Rollins recorded a personal best of 1:00.13 as she finished third in the 400-meter dash as well as ran a time of 7.83 in the 60-meter dash.
Other field nominees: Utah Valley's Olivia Neal made her debut with a program's all-time second highest women's pole vault of 3.50 meters to place second at the meet and later jumped a 1.52 meters in the high jump.