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WAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
MEN
Utah Valley's Adrian Jones and Grand Canyon's Marcus Flannigan have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for April 16-22.
Jones, a sophomore from Meridian, Idaho, recorded a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mt. SAC relays this past weekend. In the race, Jones clocked a WAC-best time of 8:53.27 to move up to 16th on the NCAA West region qualifying list and 27th nationally. His time also marked the second fastest steeplechase time in program history, sitting just behind UVU's former All-American runner. In addition, Jones continues his successful weekend with a personal record of 1:53.72 in the 800-meter race at the Long Beach State's Beach Invitational.
Flannigan, a senior from Chandler, Ariz., placed fourth in the long jump event at the Mt. SAC Relays this past weekend. With his mark of 7.65 meters, Flannigan is now tied for 40th in the nation, 20th in the west region, set a new personal record and is now on the top of the leaderboard for the WAC.
Other track nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Curtis Threlkeld clocked a WAC second-best time of 1:51.79 in the 800-meter event… Chicago State's DiJon Smith placed first with a school record time of 8:55.42 in the 3,000-meter run… Grand Canyon's Daniel Flores ran a WAC second-best time of 3:51.19 in the 1,500-meter event… Kansas City's Darrien Case ran the 1,500-meter event in 3:51.54… Seattle U's Matthew Seidel set a new school record of 14:21.18 in the 5,000-meter run… UT Rio Grande Valley's Mikel Escobar placed fourth in both the 800 (1:51.70) and 4x400-meter relay (3:19.57).
Other field nominees: Kansas City's Carter Grissom won the Javelin event out of 22 competitors with a nation's 70th best mark of 63.78 meters… Utah Valley's Daven Russell is now ranked 85th in the nation for his mark of 17.37 meters in shot put and performed a personal season best of 55.22 meters in the hammer throw event.
WOMEN
Utah Valley's Savannah Neuberger and Grand Canyon's Tarasue Barnett have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for April 16-22.
Neuberger, a junior from Herber City, Utah, moved atop the program's overall 800-meter record list with a WAC-best time of 2:09.30 at the Mt. SAC Relays. In addition, she finished seventh overall out of 46 and her time broke a 14-year record.
Barnett, a senior from Kingston, Jamaica, won the discus event at the Mt. SAC Relays this past weekend in the elite/invite group. Her mark of 58.27 meters was half of a meter better than the person who finished right behind her in the standings.
Other track nominees: Grand Canyon's Alexa Hokanson performed a WAC second-best time in both the 800-meter (2:12.19) and 400-meter (56.04) events… Kansas City's Elizabeth Nolke clocked a time of 4:32.79 in the 1,500-meter run for a WAC second-best time… NM State's Katara Nelson won both the 200-meter event (23.17) and the 4x100 relay (45.76) before placing 7th with a WAC-best time of 11.67 in the 100-meter event… Seattle U's Olivia Stein shattered the school record in the 10,000-meter run with a winning time of 35:21.65.
Other field nominees: Kansas City's Alexa Pint produced a WAC-best mark of 41.04 meters in the javelin event… NM State's Taylor Stutely competed in two different discus events as she bested her 47.84 mark to a 48.61 mark in a different meet and also performed a 48.09 mark in the hammer throw… Utah Valley's Kallie Given won the high jump event with a mark of 1.70 to tie for the top spot in the WAC.