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WAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
MEN
Utah Valley's Kevin Lynch and UT Rio Grande Valley's Paul May have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for Jan. 22-28.
Lynch, a sophomore from Sandy, Utah, broke Utah Valley's program top mark this weekend at the 2018 University of Washington Open. He shattered his previous school record set at BYU (8:18.19) earlier in the season by nearly four seconds, running a time of 8:14.87. This was the third time this season the Wolverines saw their 3K record fall as Lynch finished 28th out of 61 competitors.
May, a junior from Bloomfield, Conn., won the shot put at the Houston Invitational. He broke his own program record (16.99) with a throw of 17.37 meters. May was the only thrower to surpass the 17-meter mark. The performance was a 68th- best in the nation and a WAC-best. He also added an eighth-place finish in the weight throw with a mark of 16.47 meters.
Other track nominees: Chicago State's Ricordo McKenzie posted two second-place finishes, in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.90 against 47 competitors and in the 200-meter dash in 22.31seconds against 41 competitors … Grand Canyon's William Winfield IV ran a WAC-best in the 60-meter hurdles in a converted time of 8.19 for a third-place finish as well as competed in the 200-meter dash in 23.07 seconds … Kansas City's Daylan Quinn finished the one-mile run in 4:19.86 for a season-best and a second-place finish.
Other field nominees: Chicago State's Orelle Bulgin recorded a personal-best jump of 44-08 to finish second in the triple jump … Grand Canyon's Andrew Okonkwo jumped a WAC-best of 2.02 meters in the high jump to tie for second … Kansas City's Perry Adderley placed sixth out of 22 competitors with a 14.93 meter shot put throw and an eighth-place finish for a personal best of 14.44 meters in the weight throw … Utah Valley's Albert MacArthur claimed two first-place finishes, one in the triple jump with a 14.87 meter jump and the other in the long jump with a 6.94 jump.
WOMEN
Utah Valley's Lexi Shaw and NM State's Hannah Smith have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for Jan. 22-28.
Shaw, a senior from Ladera Ranch, Calif., picked up a victory in the 400 meters this past weekend at the Weber State Indoor Invitational. With her performance, Shaw moved into third all-time on Utah Valley's 400-meter record chart with a time of 56.63 seconds. She also helped the UVU women's 4x400 relay squad finish second at the meet, running a time of 3:54.01.
Smith, a junior from Whitby, Ontario, Canada, claimed third for a personal and WAC-best in the triple jump this past weekend. She shifts to third all-time at NM State with a mark of 12.01. Smith also posted a season-best in the long jump with a jump of 5.26 meters.
Other track nominees: Chicago State's Jocindra Glee claimed a first-place finish in the 400-meters with a time of 57.80 and a second-place finish in the 200-meters with a time of 25.68 … Grand Canyon's Paige Hildebrandt recorded a personal-best and a WAC second-best with an altitude adjustment of 4:59.88 in the mile … Kansas City's Katherine Hanners won the one-mile run in 5:16.36 … NM State's Tanisha Scott recorded a personal-best in the 60-meter dash (7.57) and in the 200 meters (24.61), while also posting a season-best in the 4x400 (3:58.44) … UT Rio Grande Valley's Idatonye Cheetham-West recorded a school record of 7.66 in the 60-meter dash.
Other field nominees: Chicago State's Shedella Smith threw a personal-best of 42-8.25 in the shot put … Grand Canyon's Jennifer Johnson placed second in the pole vault with a mark of 3.92 … Kansas City's Daiwa Emmert competed in her first pentathlon of the season and ranks first in the WAC with a converted score of 3159 … Utah Valley's Olivia Neal produced a 3.51 mark in the pole vault, good for third in school history.