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Athletes of the Week
Men
CSU Bakersfield's Tristan Watson and Corbin Chronister have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for March 5-11.

Watson, a senior from Bakersfield, Calif., took home a victory in the 110m hurdles at the Oxy Distance Carnival this past weekend. He crossed the line in 14.77 seconds defeating his next closest competitor by four tenths of a second. At the moment, Watson is ranked 14^th in the nation and first in the WAC.

Chronister, a freshman from Bakersfield Calif., earned a pair of wins over the weekend. He posted his second-best toss of the season (180-04) to win the hammer throw before setting a season-best mark of 155-06 to take a win in the discus. Chronister rounded out a busy day with a third-place finish in the shot put (46-11.50) in his first attempt of the year. He is now ranked 19^th in the nation for discus and 37^th in shot put after this weekend's performance.

Other track nominee: Chicago State's DiJon Smith outran seven competitors as he won the 5,000 meter run at the Wendy's Seahawk Invitational.

Other field nominee: Chicago State's Landis Houston won the triple jump with a leap of 45-7.75.

Women
Chicago State's Asia Johnson and CSU Bakersfield's Julianne Finch have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for March 5-11.

Johnson, a senior from Guthrie, Okla., recorded her first title of the outdoor season after capturing the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.11 and finished 19 tenths of a second ahead of her nearest competitor. She also broke her own school record in the event after shaving 19 tenths of a second off of her previous mark of 14.30 that was set two years ago. Johnson is currently ranked fifth in the nation in this event.

Finch, a sophomore from Bakersfield, Calif., placed second overall in the pole vault, but first amongst collegiate student-athletes. She posted a mark of 11-7.75 to rank 17^th in the nation.

Other track nominee: CSU Bakersfield's Falon Wilson finished second in both the 100m dash and 100m hurdles placing her eighth in the nation with a time of 14.36 in the hurdles and 17^th with a time of 12.05.

Other field nominee: Chicago State's Shedella Smith placed third in the shot put after a mark of 39-8 which ranks her 43^rd in the nation.