TicketSmarter WAC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week Announced
DENVER – NM State's Lashira Tremble and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's Samariae Bonds has been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week for January 20 - 26.
Tremble, the senior from Peoria, Ariz., raised the bar on a couple of personal records this week. Tremble competed in the the 60m dash, where she clocked in at 7.44 seconds. The time is a career-best but is now holding the number one spot in the WAC this season and 57th in the Division I NCAA. Tremble ran 24.80 seconds in the 200m race, which is not only a personal best but is now locked in at the second position in the WAC.
Bonds, a sophomore from Pflugerville, TX., is now holding the number one positions in two events for the WAC. Bonds excelled this week in the Shot Put, her mark of 15.98m earned her gold at the Aggie Invitational. Her mark surpassed her old record by 0.67 meters, is now first for the WAC and 20th in the NCAA. Bonds later competed in the Weight Throw event where she earned silver with a mark of 18.95m. Bonds' mark in Weight Throw is number one for the WAC this season and 56th in the NCAA.
Other track nominee: GCU's Alexa Hokanson ran a personal-best in the 600m with a time of 1:34.53 ... Seattle U's Courtney Gelmin is now ninth in the WAC in the 3000m run with a time of 10:15.51... UTRGV's Kyra Keurentjes ran in the 800m (2:14.52) and in the 4x400m (3:55.31). UVU's Taylor Viertel competed in the mile (5:01.03) and 3000m (10:25.22). Kansas City's Sommer Herner ran a personal-best 800m (2:15.99).
Other field nominee: GCU's Alyson Schwartz finished third in the pole vault (4.05m)... NM State's Bristol O'Conner finished sixth in the Weight Throw (16.83m) and 12th in the Shot Put (12.27m).