TicketSmarter WAC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week Announced
DENVER – New Mexico State's Brooke Wallace and Dascha Robinson has been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week for February 3-9.
Wallace, the senior from Baltimore, Maryland, competed at the UNM Collegiate Classic this week. Wallace ran in the 400m run, where she placed sixth in the meet with a time of 55.99. The time is a new personal record best, third best in NMSU's history, amd now number one in the WAC this season. Wallace also ran in the 200m with a time of 25.29, which is top 10 in the WAC.
Robinson, the freshman from Miami, Florida, competed in the Triple Jump and Long Jump events this week at the UNM Collegiate Classic this week. Robinson landed 12.45m in the Triple Jump earning her sixth at the event and is now first, by almost a meter, in the WAC this season. She measured a 5.29m in the Long Jump.
Other track nominees: GCU's Alexa Hokanson set GCU record in the 600m (1:34.04)... Kansas City's Sommer Herner ran the mile (4:56.96)... Seattle U's Michelle Newblom ran the 60m hurdles (8.91) to earn gold and the 200m (26.55)... UVU's Mazzie Malaney ran in the 1mile (5:04.33) and 800m (2:25.52) events.
Other field nominees: CSUB's Julianne Finch competed in Pole Vault (3.50m)... GCU's Alyson Schwartz leads the WAC in Pole Vault (4.14m)... Kansas City's Brooke Jenkins competed in Long Jump (5.60m) and Triple Jump (11.30m).... UVU's Savannah Reilly Routsong competed in Shot Put (12.80m) and Weight Throw (15.95m).
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