March 24, 2008

DENVER -- Louisiana Tech freshman Larry Jones opened the 2008 outdoor season with a WAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week award for the week of Mar. 17-23.

Jones earned an NCAA provisional qualifying mark with a hurl of 175 feet, 3 inches in the discus, which also earned a first place finish at the Snowbird Invitational in Tallahassee, Fla.

Jones will share the award with Utah State's Dasheek Akwenye, who earned the track athlete of the week award.

Other Track nominees included: Nick Cunningham of Boise State finished third in both the 100 and 200-meter dash at the USC Trojan Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif., clocking times of 10.78 and 21.54, respectively ... Frank Sanders of Fresno State ran to a third-place finish in the 800-meter run at the USC Invitational, crossing the finish line at 1:51.62 ... Cory Denstel of Louisiana Tech finished first in the 800-meter run at the Snowbird Invitational, clocking a time of 1:52.31.

Other Field nominees included: Zacharias Arnos of Boise State won the triple jump at the USC Trojan Invitational, earning an NCAA regional qualifying mark with a leap of 50' 3.25" (15.32m).