WAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – Grand Canyon's Daniel Flores and CSU Bakersfield's Corbin Chronister have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for March 19-25.
Flores, a senior from Glendale, Ariz., ran the fastest 1,500-meter time in the WAC finishing in 3:52.42. He took sixth at the SDSU Aztec Invitational defeating athletes from Oregon, Arizona, UC Santa Barbara, and Loyola Marymount. His time ranks 24th in the West Region and 47th in the nation.
Chronister, a sophomore from Bakersfield, Calif., placed first in the Hammer and Discus Throws and second in Shot Put at the Cal Poly Invitational. His Hammer Throw mark of 62.30 meters ranks 24th in the nation and first in the WAC. He also leads the conference in the Discus and is fourth-best in the Shot Put. His Hammer Throw mark qualifies Chronister for the NCAA Regional Championships.
Other track nominees: McMarshall Hartzenburg of California Baptist placed best for the Lancers in the 1,500-meter run clocking in at 3:59.47… Kansas City's Walker Miller ran the fourth-best 3,000-meter Steeplechase time in the WAC this season… Kyle Marroquin of UT Rio Grande Valley took fourth in the 110-meter Hurdles with a time of 15.09.
Other field nominees: Grand Canyon's Chris Linnin broke the High Jump school record and tied for first in the WAC with a mark of 2.10 meters… Perry Adderley of Kansas City notched the second-best Shot Put mark and sixth-best Discus mark in the conference.