DENVER - Utah Valley's Jordan Carder and Grand Canyon's Scott Marshall have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for April 23-29.
Carder, a junior from Gilbert, Ariz., performed season-best marks in the 100 and 200-meter dashes this past weekend at the BYU Robison Invitational. Carder notched a second-place finish in the 200-meter dash with the WAC's second best time on the year of 21.05. He then went on and finished the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.65, ranking him fourth amongst the WAC this year.
Marshall, a senior from Tempe, Ariz., broke the school record in the men's pole vault event this past weekend at the Steve Scott Invite. Out of 22 competitors, Marshall was the one who took home the win with a mark of 5.35 meters. His latest mark makes him tied at 25th in the nation and eighth in the west region.
Other track nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Tristan Watson placed second in the 110 hurdles event with a time of 14.49… Grand Canyon's Anthony Phelps won the 400-meter hurdles event in 51.85 seconds, placed fourth with a time of 14.62 in the 110 hurdles and joined his relay team to win the 4x400 in 3:09.82… Kansas City's Darrien Case won the 800-meter run in a time of 1:53.32… Seattle U's Eli Boudouris placed second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as he completed it in 9:06.69.
Other field nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Corbin Chronister had marks of 17.78 meters in the shot put, 51.26 meters in the discus event and 55.07 meters in the hammer throw… Kansas City's Cater Grissom placed second in the javelin event with a mark of 62.70 meters… Utah Valley's Albert MacArthur won the triple jump with a nations 51st best mark of 15.46 meters and placed second in the long jump with a nations 46th best mark of 7.64 meters, both being new school records.