DENVER - Utah Valley's Anthony Ocegueda and Grand Canyon's Marcus Flannigan have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for March 12-18.
Ocegueda, a freshman from Sparks, Nev., picked up a 5,000-meter victory in his outdoor debut at the UC Irvine Spring Classic with a current WAC-best 14:37.02. His finish ranks him 13th in the nation and fourth on the West region qualifying list. Ocegueda's victory was one of the Wolverines' three men's individual wins over the weekend, helping the squad place second out of nine teams.
Flannigan, a redshirt senior from Chandler, Ariz., placed first out of 37 competitors in the long jump at the Willie Williams Invite this past weekend. His mark of 7.51 meters is the top in the WAC, fourth in the west region and tied for fifth nationally.
Other track nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Curtis Threlkeld is ranked 31st in the nation in the 800 meter run for his season best time of 1:52.88… Chicago State's Ricordo McKenzie finished third in the 100-meter dash for a nations 85th best with a time of 10.73 and helped his 4x100 relay team finish sixth with a time of 41.59… Grand Canyon's Ryan Girk is ranked sixth in the west region for the 200m dash (21.22), 11th for 100m (10.58) and teamed up to be tied 17th in the nation for the 4x100 relay… Kansas City's Daylan Quinn placed first with a nations 47th best time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:41.68… Seattle U's Steve Brown placed first in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.45.
Other field nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Corbin Chronister set personal records in shot put (48-05.25) and discus (156-06) while also competing in the hammer with a mark of 174-03… Chicago State's Landis Houston finished sixth in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 46-0.5 which is tied for 72nd best in the nation… Kansas City's Perry Adderley placed third in the shot put with a mark of 15.28 meters, 18th in the hammer throw (39.04 meters) and 15th in the discus with a throw of 41.50 meters… UT Rio Grande Valley's Anthony Magallon performed a personal-best of 2.05 meters in the high jump… Utah Valley's Albert MacArthur placed first in the triple jump with a WAC-best of 15.03 mark and second in the long jump with a 7.14 mark.