DENVER - Grand Canyon's Isaac Allanarem and CSU Bakersfield's Tim Van Horn have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for March 19-25.
Allanarem, a senior from Goodyear, Ariz., broke the school record in the 400m at the 40th Annual Aztec Invitational this past weekend. Allanarem recorded a WAC-best time of 46.90 to place fifth at the meet against 17 competitors. His time is ranked tenth in the west region and15th nationally.
Van Horn, a junior from Gilroy, Calif., competed in the high jump at the Cal Poly Shares SLO Invitational this past weekend and earned a first place finish. To win the event, he jumped 2.05m and is now ranked 42nd nationally. Van Horn is the first athlete in program history to qualify for the Texas Relays next weekend.
Other track nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Tristan Watson won the 110m with a personal best time of 14.56 which ranks him 75th the nation… Chicago State's DiJon Smith broke his own school record with a time of 15:09.33 in the 5,000-meter run as he finished fifth… Utah Valley's Jordan Carder placed second in the 100m dash (10.78) and won the 200m dash with a time of 21.68.
Other field nominees: Grand Canyon's Jesse Newman placed fourth with a school record of 63.25m in the javelin event ranking him 48th nationally and finished 17th in shot put with a mark of 13.17m… Utah Valley's Alex Lawrence won the pole vault with a mark of 4.58m.