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WAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
MEN
Kansas City's Daylan Quinn and Grand Canyon's Paxton Henry have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for Feb 12-18.
Quinn, a sophomore from Mountain View, Mo., placed second in the mile out of 41 competitors this past week at the Nebraska Tune-Up. He crossed the finish line with a time of 4:12.25 which was good to place him third in the WAC best for the season right before the championship. Quinn now ranks fifth best in school history.
Henry, a freshman from Prescott, Ariz., performed a personal best in triple jump at the Northern Arizona Tune-Up this past weekend. His mark of 14.85 meters was a personal record by 1.23m and moved him into third in the WAC after previously not being ranked in the top eight of the conference. Henry won the event out of nine total competitors.
Other track nominees: None.
Other field nominee: Kansas City's Lukas Van Der Watt placed eighth out of 18 competitors in pole vault with a mark of 4.95 meters.
WOMEN
Kansas City's Mia Jerman and Grand Canyon's Latoya Gilding have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for Feb 12-18.
Jerman, a sophomore from Ste. Genevieve, Mo., out ran 28 competitors in the 3,000 meter run this past weekend at the Nebraska Tune-Up. She finished first with a personal record of 10:02.91. Jerman now ranks fourth best in school history and fourth in the WAC this season.
Gilding, a junior from El Dorado, Trinidad and Tobago, placed fourth in the shot put with a personal record of 13.98 meter mark. Her mark puts her second on the WAC-best list right before the championship and finished fourth at the meet. She also had a mark of 13.59 in the weight throw.
Other track nominees: None.
Other field nominees: Kansas City's Blessing Oparaji performed a season best of a 5.28 meter mark in the long jump.