Pac-12 Track & Field Weekly Awards – April 4, 2023

Men’s Track Athletes of the Week: 4x400m Relay, UCLA

• Bruins’ quartet of Antonie Nortje, Willington Wright, Ismail Turner, and Cameron Reynolds clocked a school-record time of 2:59.25 at the Texas Relays.
• Broke the previous school record (2:59.91) set in 1988 and became just the second UCLA team to duck under three minutes in the relay.
• Second all-time in Pac-12 history and seventh all-time in NCAA history in the event.

ALSO NOMINATED: 4x400m Relay, ASU; David Foster, CAL; Charles Hicks, STAN; Tade Ojora, USC

Women’s Track Athlete of the Week: Emily Venters, Sr., Utah (Lawrence, Kan.)

• Ran the top 10,000m time in the NCAA this year at 31:48.35 to win the event at the Stanford Invitational. 
• Now the Pac-12’s all-time leader in the event and sixth all-time in NCAA history. 
• Ran the fastest 10,000m time in the NCAA since Emily Sisson (Providence) and Kate Avery (Iona) ran 31:38.03 and 31:44.44, respectively, in May 2022 at Stanford’s Payton Jordan Invitational.
• Became the first woman in Pac-12 history to break 32 minutes in the event.

ALSO NOMINATED: Adriana Tatum, ASU; Claire Yerby, CAL; Grace Fethersonhaugh, OSU; Alexa Rossum, STAN; Samirah Moody, USC; Kayley DeLay, WASH; Alaina Stone Boggs, WSU

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: Turner Washington, Gr., Arizona State (Tucson, Ariz.)

• Won the men’s discus competition at the Texas Relays with a toss of 64.01m (210-00). 
• Pac-12 and NCAA leader in the event and is the only thrower in the country to eclipse 64 meters this season.

ALSO NOMINATED: Jeff Duensing, CAL; Max McKhann, STAN; Johnny Brackins Jr., USC; Jacob Englar, WASH; Ronald Grueso Mosquera, WSU

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week: Alyssa Jones, Fr., Stanford (Homestead, Fla.)

• Won her first collegiate outdoor long jump competition with a mark of 6.41m (21-00.50).
• The freshman moved into sixth place all-time in Stanford outdoor history in the event.
• The mark was good for the top performance in the event in the Pac-12 this season.

ALSO NOMINATED: Grace Campbell, ASU; Federica Botter, UCLA; Jade Whitfield, OSU; Temi Ojora, USC; Nana Gyedu, WSU

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

Men’s Top 25: #10 Stanford, #16 USC, #21 UCLA, #24 Arizona State 
Women’s Top 25: #2 USC, #25 Washington

Pac-12 on The Bowerman Watch List (March 22)

Men’s Post-NCAA Indoor: Mykolas Alekna, CAL
Women’s Post-NCAA Indoor: Jorinde van Klinken, ORE; Roisin Willis, STAN

Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of the Week