Women's Track and Field

Women’s Track & Field Weekly Awards – April 27

IRVINE, Calif. – The PacWest Women’s Track & Field Athletes of the Week are Ashley Brown (Academy of Art), Allie Updike (Azusa Pacific), Veronica Hall (CBU), Courtney Moore (Fresno Pacific) and Rian Young-Werner (Academy of Art). The awards are based on competition from April 11-24.
 
TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (4/27)
Ashley Brown (Academy of Art)
Fr., Des Moines, Iowa/Theodore Roosevelt
 
Brown continued to improve her performance in the 800m, dropping her time for the fourth-consecutive week at the Brutus Hamilton Open. Her personal-best of 2:15.95 put her in third place and was the third-fastest in program history.
 
FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (4/27)
Allie Updike (Azusa Pacific)
Sr., Herndon, Va./Tamaqua Area
 
Updike added two more NCAA DII automatic qualifier throws in the javelin in events over the last two weeks. She won the javelin at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a throw of 53.61m, the best in DII this season by nearly a full meter. She then finished third at the Triton Invitational this past weekend with a throw of 48.90m, the best of any collegiate competitor.
 
CO-TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (4/20)
Veronica Hall (CBU)
Sr., Everett, Wash./Everett CC
 
Hall earned her second weekly honor with a record-setting 1500m performance at the Bryan Clay Invitational. She was the top DII runner with a time of 4:26.15, beating the CBU program record she set at the NCAA Championships last season. It was the second-fastest time in DII this season.
 
CO-TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (4/20)
Courtney Moore (Fresno Pacific)
Jr., Hanford, Calif./Sierra Pacific
 
Moore posted a pair of NCAA provisional qualifying marks at the Bryan Clay Invitational. She finished 16th in the 800m, the best of any PacWest participant, with a season-best time of 2:10.44. She came in 34th in the 1500m with a time of 4:31.50.
 
FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (4/20)
Rian Young-Werner (Academy of Art)
Fr.-RS, Redlands, Calif./Citrus Valley
 
Young-Werner finished third in the triple jump at the Bryan Clay Invitational, losing to two DI competitors. She recorded an NCAA provisional qualifier jump of 12.04m, putting her in the top-20 in the nation and third in program history.