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

Men’s Track Athlete of the Week: Cooper Teare, R-Jr., OREGON (Alameda, Calif.)

• Recorded the No. 2 time in the NCAA in the 1,500, running 3:35.97 at the Oregon Twilight.
• Moved to No. 3 on the Oregon all-time list and secured the Olympic Trials qualifying standard.
• Knocked more than seven seconds off his previous PR to become the No. 8 performer in collegiate history.

ALSO NOMINATED: Mark Perry, COLORADO.      

Women’s Track Athlete of the Week: Aneta Konieczek, R-Jr., OREGON (Zbaszyn, Poland)

• Ran a lifetime best of 2:06.38 at the Oregon Twilight in her first 800 since 2018.
• Took more than six seconds off her previous PR, won her section and finished fifth overall.
• Ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in the event.

ALSO NOMINATED: Maya LeBar, UTAH.

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: Lucas Ribeiro, Sr., OREGON (Belmont, Mass.)

• Won the discus at the Oregon Twilight with a lifetime best of 176-5 (53.79).
• Added more than two feet to his season best and more than a foot to his previous PR from 2017.
• Moved to No. 11 in the Pac-12 in the event.

ALSO NOMINATED: N/A.

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week: Ida Eikeng, So., WASHINGTON (Porsgrunn, Norway)

• Moved to No. 3 in school history and 19th in the NCAA this season with a personal-best javelin throw of 171-1 (52.16) at the Ken Shannon Invitational.
• Also had a season-best mark of 44-8 ¼ (13.62) to win the shot put in the final UW home meet of the season.

ALSO NOMINATED: Kylee Harr, COLORADO; Lauri Paredes, OREGON; Lindsay McShane, OREGON STATE; Regan Crofts, UTAH.

Pac-12 in the USTFCCCA National Rating Index (May 10)

Men’s Top 25: #3 Oregon, #4 USC, #20 Arizona

Women’s Top 25: #5 USC, #12 UCLA, #13 Oregon, #15 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, CALIFORNIA – March 9

Pac-12 on The Bowerman Watch List

Men's Pre-Conference Championships: Cole Hocker, OREGON; Charlie Hunter, OREGON; Cooper Teare, OREGON; Turner Washington, ARIZONA STATE.

Women's Pre-Conference Championships: TeeTee Terry, USC.

Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of the Week