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

Men’s Track Athlete of the Week: Eduardo Herrera, Gr., Colorado (Madera, Calif.)

• Won the men's 1,500m by eight seconds at the Colorado Invitational with a time of 3:44.46.
• With altitude conversion, his mark translates to 3:39.11, which leads the West and is fourth nationally.

ALSO NOMINATED: David Foster, CAL; Dominic Gehr, ARIZ; Nicholas Ramey, USC; Justin Robinson, ASU.

Women’s Track Athlete of the Week: Ezinne Abba, Sr., California (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.)

• Won the 200m at the home Brutus Hamilton Invitational with a PR of 22.99, the second-fastest in program history and the fastest at standard elevation.
• Part of the Golden Bears' 4x100m relay, which ran 44.25 to break an 18-year-old school record.

ALSO NOMINATED: Josefine Eriksen, UTAH; Neysia Howard, ARIZ; Jada Hurley, OSU; Adriana Tatum, ASU.

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: Mykolas Alekna, Fr., California (Vilnius, Lithuania)

• Threw the discus 213-2 (64.97m) on his first attempt to win by more than 13 feet at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational.
• The second-best throw in the NCAA this season behind his 218-10 (66.70m) at the Aztec Invitational in late March, which is the No. 3 mark in the world this year.

ALSO NOMINATED: Roan Allen, WASH; Reinaldo Rodrigues, ARIZ; Turner Washington, ASU; Dominique Williams, COLO.

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

• Set an Edwards Stadium and Brutus Hamilton Invitational record in winning the hammer throw with a toss of 245-5 (74.80m). 
• Her season-best mark leads the NCAA by more than 11 feet and is No. 2 in the world.
• Her third consecutive meet surpassing 74 meters, something no other woman in NCAA history has done more than twice.

ALSO NOMINATED: Karlee Freeman, USC; Kylee Harr, COLO; Keely McLaughlin, OSU; Samantha Noennig, ARIZ; Camryn Thomson, UCLA; Jorinde van Klinken, ASU.

Pac-12 in the USTFCCCA National Rating Index (April 11)

Men’s Top 25: #8 Stanford, #9 Arizona State, #17 USC, #22 California
Women’s Top 25: #10 Oregon, #13 California, #15 USC, #19 Arizona, #22 Arizona State

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