UTRGV’S May, GCU’s Xydona Named WAC Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Year
DENVER – Following a vote of coaches from around the Western Athletic Conference, UT Rio Grande Valley thrower Paul May and Grand Canyon heptathlete Niki Xydona have been named 2021 WAC Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Year.
May, a graduate student from Bloomfield, Conn., was named Outstanding Field Performer at the 2021 WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships after winning the men's shot put by over a meter with a throw of 18.09m (59-4.25) and placing second in the discus with a throw of 50.38m (165-3) and the hammer with a throw of 57.19m (187-7). He will be competing in both the shot put and discus at this week's NCAA West Preliminary Round at Texas A&M.
Xydona, a senior from Thiva, Greece, was both the High Point Scorer and the Outstanding Field Performer at the WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship, winning the heptathlon and posting top-five finishes in the high jump (third), long jump (fourth) and javelin (fourth).