Pac-12 Track & Field Weekly Awards - May 5, 2021

Men’s Track Athlete of the Week: Isaiah Jewett, Sr., USC (Los Angeles, Calif.)

• Won the 800 at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on Sunday with a PR and meet-record time of 1:45.80.
• The fastest collegiate time in the nation this year also improved his third-place standing on USC's all-time list.
• Broke the previous meet record of 1:46.47 set by Rayfield Beaton of USC in 1978, one of the longest standing Dual Meet records.
• Came back to anchor USC's winning 4x400 relay (3:06.19) to help lead USC to its most points in the Dual Meet (114) since 1950.

ALSO NOMINATED: Johnnie Blockburger, ARIZONA; Eduardo Herrera, COLORADO; Micah Williams, OREGON; Gabriel Navarro, STANFORD; Anthony Stone, UCLA.          

Women’s Track Athlete of the Week: Ella Donaghu, Sr., STANFORD (Portland, Ore.)

• Placed second in the invitational 5,000 at the West Coast Relays in Clovis, Calif. on Friday.
• The five-time All-American ran a lifetime best 15:29.42, which places her No. 3 in NCAA Division I and No. 1 in the Pac-12 this season.
• Jumped to No. 8 on Stanford's all-time performers' list.
• A day later, ran the 3,000 in the Big Meet dual against Cal. Though she was officially fourth, Stanford's top four finished four across in an intentional four-way tie for first.

ALSO NOMINATED: Shannon Meisberger, ARIZONA; Deshae Wise, CALIFORNIA; Micaela Degenero, COLORADO; Emily Sloan, OREGON; Kaylee Mitchell, OREGON STATE; Shae Anderson, UCLA; TeeTee Terry, USC.  

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: Matthew Katnik, Sr., USC (Rolling Hills, Calif.)

• Won the USC-UCLA Dual Meet shot put competition on Sunday with a school-record throw of 68-1 ½ (20.76) to move into second on this season’s NCAA descending order list.
• Finished second by an inch to teammate McKay Johnson in the Dual Meet discus throw with a PR of 173-1.
• Helped USC defeat UCLA 114-42, the Trojans’ most points in the Dual Meet since 1950.

ALSO NOMINATED: Jordan Geist, ARIZONA; Carlan Naisant, ARIZONA STATE; J.T. Herrscher, STANFORD; Kyle Brown, UCLA; Paul Ryan, WASHINGTON STATE.

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week: Alyssa Wilson, R-Jr., UCLA (Jackson, N.J.)

• Picked up victories in the hammer, shot put and discus in the Bruins' dual meet against USC on Sunday.
• Posted a season-best mark of 229-5 (69.94) in the hammer, good for the second-best collegiate toss in the nation this season.
• Also earned the Olympic Trials standard with the performance.
• Her marks of 58-2 ½  (17.74) and 177-9 (54.17) in the shot put and discus, respectively, were both season-bests.
• It was the third time this season Wilson has swept an event’s hammer, shot and discus competitions.

ALSO NOMINATED: Lillian Lowe, ARIZONA; Amanda Carty, ARIZONA STATE; Jada Green, COLORADO; Lauri Paredes, OREGON; Lindsay McShane, OREGON STATE; Virginia Miller, STANFORD; Temi Ojora, USC; Charisma Taylor, WASHINGTON STATE.

Pac-12 in the USTFCCCA National Rating Index (May 3)

Men’s Top 25: #3 Oregon, #4 USC, #19 Arizona, #24 Arizona State

Women’s Top 25: #5 USC, #12 UCLA, #13 Oregon, #16 Arizona, #17 Colorado

Pac-12 USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week

Turner Washington, ARIZONA STATE – May 4

Turner Washington, ARIZONA STATE – April 20

Cole Hocker, OREGON – April 6

Camryn Rogers, CALIFORNIA – April 6

Turner Washington, ARIZONA STATE – March 23

Anna Purchase, CAL – March 9

Pac-12 on The Bowerman Watch List

Men's Mid-Outdoor: Cole Hocker, OREGON; Charlie Hunter, OREGON; Cooper Teare, OREGON; Turner Washington, ARIZONA STATE.

Women's Mid-Outdoor: Kemba Nelson, OREGON; Twanisha Terry, USC.

Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of the Week