WAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – NM State's Camira Haughton and Kansas City's Matia Finley have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for April 9-15.
Haughton, a junior from Bohemia St. Ann, Jamaica, ran a personal-best in the 400-meter finishing in 54.77. She took home gold at the Ross Black Invitational and placed herself fifth-best in the school record books. Haughton's time is also second-best in the WAC this season.
Finley, a senior from Lawrence, Kan., broke her own school record in the Discus posting a throw of 51.92 meters. The mark was good for third at the John McDonnell Invitational. She leads the WAC and is 48th in the nation. Finley also took fifth in the Shot Put and 11th in the Hammer Throw.
Other track nominees: California Baptist's Fruzsina Ladanyi took second place and set a new personal-best in the 800-meters finishing in 2:14.24… Naudia Dawson of Grand Canyon earned second in the 100-meter and third in the 200-meter dashes placing third and fourth, respectively, in the conference… Kansas City's Carolyn Ross finished seventh in the 100-meter Hurdles and fifth in the 400-meter Hurdles as she continues to lead the WAC in the 400-meter Hurdles.
Other field nominees: Grand Canyon's Sarah Root recorded a personal-best and placed herself second in the WAC jumping 6.00 meters in the Long Jump… Taniya Mitchell of NM State took first in the Hammer Throw when she posted a mark of 58.42 meters, good for a personal-best and second in the school record books... UT Rio Grande Valley's Idatonye Cheetham-West jumped 6.40 meters in Long Jump which ranks best in the conference and seventh throughout the NCAA.