WAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
DENVER – Kansas City's Bryce Miller and CSU Bakersfield's Tim Van Horn have been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for April 2-8.
Miller, a senior from Ashland Wis., won the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Husker Spring Invitational. He finished in a time of 9:24.41, fourth-best in the WAC this season.
Van Horn, a senior from Gilroy, Calif., jumped 2.11 meters in the High Jump for the second time this season. He took first at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational with the leap. In the conference, Van Horn leads all others while tying for 36th in the nation.
Other track nominees: Maxime Gardes of UT Rio Grande Valley placed first in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and helped in recording the sixth-best 4x100-meter relay time in program history.
Other field nominees: Kansas City's Perry Adderley recorded the third-best Shot Put mark in school history and also sits second-best in the WAC for the Shot Put and Discus… Michael Gonzalez of UT Rio Grande Valley placed top-ten in all three throwing events with his best being third in the Shot Put at the South Texas Showdown.