WAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – Grand Canyon's Knowledge Omovoh and Madelyn Lundberg have been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for April 23-29.
Omovoh, a sophomore from Obinomba, Nigeria, notched personal records in the 200- and 400-meter dash. She took fourth in the 400 crossing at 53.83 and eighth in the 200 in 24.01. Omovoh leads the WAC in the 400 and is second-best in the 200. Omovoh's 400 time ranks 70th throughout the nation.
Lundberg, a sophomore from Phoenix, Ariz., recorded a personal-best and reached second-best in the program records with a Pole Vault of 4.07 meters. Her jump earned her first at the Desert Heat Classic and is best in the conference this season. Lundberg was just one centimeter off breaking Grand Canyon's record.
Other track nominees: California Baptist's Linda Palumbo earned third in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase… Malon Lee of Kansas City won the 100- and 200-meter dash at the Zach Kindler Wildcat Invite… NM State's Telecia Briscoe ran the 100-meter hurdles for the first time this season finishing in 13.88… Michelle Newblom of Seattle U ran a personal-best and ninth-best conference time in the 100-meter Hurdles… Utah Valley's Aisha Graham-Perez broke the school record and earned her third 800-meter victory this season beating her previous lifetime-best by a full three seconds… Ashley Hughes of UT Rio Grande Valley broke program records in the 200-meter and 4x400-meter relay.
Other field nominees: Kansas City's Traci Mills posted the second-best Long Jump and third-best Triple Jump in the conference… Yemisi Oroyinyin of NM State took fifth in the Hammer Throw reaching 54.62 meters, a personal best, and third in the program record books… UT Rio Grande Valley's Alexandrea Hurst broke the school record in the Shot Put and notched personal-bests in the Shot Put and Hammer.