DENVER - Grand Canyon's Paige Hildebrandt and Kayla Finnegan have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for Feb 5-11.
Hildebrandt, a sophomore from Peoria, Ariz., ran a new school record and a WAC top time in the 3,000-meter run at the Husky Classic this past weekend. Her time of 9:52.42 broke her previous record by over eight seconds.
Finnegan, a fifth year senior from Mooreland, Okla., finished seventh out of 49 competitors in the long jump at the Don Kirby Invite. Her mark of 5.97 meters is at the top of the WAC leaderboard. She also made her debut in the triple jump and currently sits in second amongst the rest of the WAC with her mark of 11.82 meters.
Other track nominees: Chicago State's Jocindra Glee reset her school record in the 300-meter dash with a time of 40.21 after she shaved off .25 seconds… Kansas City's Mia Jerman ran a personal best in the mile as she crossed the finish line at 4:58.87 placing her second in the WAC… NM State's Arniesha Mitchell posted a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles with an unconverted time of 8.61and ran a 26.33 in the 200-meter dash… Seattle U's Olivia Stein ran a personal best in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:05.11… UT Rio Grande Valley's Jennifer Zapata set a new program record with a 17:30.57 in the 5,000 meter run and a season best in the 3,000-meter run as she posted a time of 10:04.99.
Other field nominees: Kansas City's Christy Nell broke her own school record with a 3.78 meter mark in the pole vault… NM State's Keyarha Wilson placed ninth out of 36 competitors in the high jump with a mark of 1.68 meters… UT Rio Grande Valley's Idatonye Cheetham-West won the long jump against 33 competitors as she jumped 5.82 meters.