Alexander Earns WAC, Latechsports.com Athlete of the Week
2/18/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Indoor track
Feb. 18, 2008
DENVER, Colo. -- Senior Nadia Alexander has earned the Western Athletic Conference and the Latechsports.com Athlete of the Week award for the week of Feb. 11-17 after an NCAA Provisional mark, top ten national finish and school record in the shot put at the Tyson Invitational this past weekend.
Alexander's hurl of 53 feet, 7.50 inches was a collegiate fourth place finish which also placed her tenth in the country while breaking her own record she set back in 2007. She shares the conference's female Athlete of the Week honor with Nevada's Amanda Moreno.
Alexander and the Lady Techsters will return to action Feb. 28 for the 2008 WAC Indoor Championships.
Other Track nominees included: Paige Olivetti of Boise State registered season-best times in both the 200 and 400-meter dash events, posting times of 24.91 and 56.36, good for sixth and third in the WAC this season, respectively ... Thalia Amanakis of Hawai'i set a new school record in the 60-meter hurdles (8.68), and also recorded personal bests in the 400-meter dash (55.64) and the 800-meter run (2:10.65) ... Melissa McFaddan of Idaho ran a personal-best 17:52.72 in the 5,000-meter run at the Husky Classic, good for third in the WAC this season ... Devin Brooks of New Mexico State tied her own Aggie school record in the 60-meter hurdles, registering a time of 8.68 at the Southwest Classic Invitational ... Amy Egan of Utah State raced to a school record-breaking performance in the 800-meter run with a second-place finish at the Husky Classic in a time of 2:08.77, making her a NCAA provisional qualifier and improving her WAC-leading time by two seconds.
Other Field nominees included: Annelise Bertleson of Boise State eclipsed her own school record in the pole vault, reaching a height of 12' 9" (3.89m), topping her own record by 1.5" ... Meghan Weaver of Hawai'i threw a school record and NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the shot put, tossing 50' 9.5" (15.48m) at the Washington Open Meet ... Mykael Bothum of Idaho placed fifth out of 28 in the shot put at the Husky Classic with a throw of 47' 11" ... Constance McAlman of Nevada earned a personal best in the weight throw at the Washington Open Meet with a toss of 58' 6.75", placing her fourth all-time in Wolf Pack history ... Jordan Veney of New Mexico State recorded a personal-best in the weight throw at the Southwest Classic Invitational, tossing 52' 6" ... Sonia Grabowska of Utah State improved a personal best for the third meet in a row, clearing 12' 9" at the Boise State Invitational, tying her for second in the WAC.
