Pac-12 Track & Field Weekly Awards - April 5, 2022

Men’s Track Athlete of the Week: Udodi Onwuzurike, Fr., Stanford (West Bloomfield Township, Mich.)

• Broke the school and meet records in his collegiate 100-meter debut at the Stanford Invitational.
• Ran 10.14 in the prelims on Friday and topped that with a 10.07 in the final, which is No. 2 in the country this year.
• On Saturday, came from behind on the anchor to edge Cal for the 4x100 relay win in 40.10, which is No. 9 in Stanford history, and also earned his third victory of the meet in the 200m.
• His 200-meter time of 20.38 is second in Stanford history behind James Lofton's 20.33 from 1978 and No. 7 in in the country this season.

ALSO NOMINATED: Elliott Cook, ORE; Cass Elliott, WASH; Garrett MacQuiddy, CAL; Myles Misener-Daley, UCLA; Sam VanDorpe, USC.

Women’s Track Athlete of the Week: Abby Nichols, Gr., Colorado (Kettering, Ohio)

• Ran 15:27.11 in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational to finish fourth overall and tops among all collegians.
• The time, which is fourth in CU history, is first in the NCAA this season. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Micaela De Mello, WSU; Skyler Blair, UTAH; Micaela De Mello, WSU; Grace Fetherstonhaugh, OSU; Gwyn George, UCLA; Lucy Jenks, STAN; Gigi Maccagnini, USC; Izzy Thornton-Bott, ORE.

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: Garrett Brown, Fr., Stanford (Carlsbad, Calif.)

• Won the Stanford Invitational pole vault with a lifetime best of 17-5 (5.31m) for his first collegiate victory.
• In leading a 1-2-3 Stanford sweep, moved into the Cardinal's all-time top-10 list at No. 6 and is No. 3 among Cardinal freshmen all-time.

ALSO NOMINATED: Kris Emig, UCLA; Eric Lyon, ORE; Hakim McMorris, CAL.

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week: Camryn Rogers, Sr., California (Richmond, British Columbia)

• Set facility and meet records in winning the hammer throw at the Stanford Invitational on Friday.
• Her second throw of 243-4 (74.18m) was good enough to take the event by a margin of 21 feet.
• Now tops the NCAA's season-best list and is second in the world following her 2022 outdoor debut.

ALSO NOMINATED: Kylee Harr, COLO; Virginia Miller, STAN; Emma Nelson, OSU; Aislinn Overby, WSU; Jaida Ross, ORE.

Pac-12 in the USTFCCCA National Rating Index (April 4)

Men’s Top 25: #7 Stanford, #10 USC, #11 Arizona State, #15 California
Women’s Top 25: #8 Oregon, #11 USC, #15 California, #22 Stanford, #24 Colorado

Pac-12 USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week

Mykolas Alekna, California – March 22

Pac-12 on The Bowerman Watch List

Men's Post-NCAA Indoor: Emmanuel Ihemeje, ORE; Turner Washington, ASU.
Women's Post-NCAA Indoor: Camryn Rogers, CAL; Jorinde van Klinken, ASU.

Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of the Week