Ajani Ince and Juan Diego Castro turned heads with early season times in their respective races to earn the men's track and field weekly awards.

2024 Results/Schedule
TFRRS Event Lists
 
CO-TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Academy of Art's Ajani Ince, Sprints, 5-9, Jr., Barbados                                                    
Academy of Art's Ajani Ince blitzed to a couple of top five NCAA marks last weekend in San Diego County. First on Friday at CS San Marcos, the fourth-year Urban Knight raced to a time of 20.77 in the 200 meters, the second fastest time in the Academy of Art record books and also the second swiftest clocking in NCAA Division II this season. The native of Barbados won the 200 at the Mangrum Invitational by nearly half a second over the next nearest racer. He also won the 100 meters in 10.53. On Saturday at Point Loma, Ince flashed to a time of 10.38 in the 100, winning that race at the PLNU invite ahead of 27 other sprinters. That was a personal best for him, tops the NCAA provisional mark and ranks fifth on the 2024 NCAA Division II list. 

CO-TRACK  ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Azusa Pacific's Juan Diego Castro, distance, Jr., San Jose, Costa Rica                        
Azusa Pacific's Juan Diego Castro was too good to not be included in this week's Track Athlete of the Week discussion. The junior transfer from Oklahoma State sprinted to a time of 3:40.93 in the 1,500 meters at the Mangrum Invitational at CS San Marcos, winning the race in a deep field and also establishing an NCAA provisional mark. It was the second fastest time in Azusa Pacific track and field history and was also the 12th fasted ever in the NCAA Division II record books. Diego Castro topped 94 other runners in the field and set his own personal best in the event. His 3:40.93 is just a moment behind the top mark in the country this year, 30:40.83. 
 
PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Concordia's Cooper Tirado posted a time a time of 10.41 in the 100 meters last weekend...Fresno Pacific's Bo Olsen ran 1:50.40 in the 800 meters, the third fastest time in Division II this year...Last week's Field Athlete of the Week Yacouba Gnacko of Academy of Art won the triple jump (49-2 1/4) at Point Loma and long jump (23-5) at CS San Marcos...Raymon Harper of Azusa Pacific won the high jump at the Mangrum Invite with a leap of 6-9 1/2, tied for fourth currently in Division II...Dylan Fox of Concordia went 24-1 in the long jump, ninth in D2...Defending national champion Dejan Mileusnic of Fresno Pacific threw the javelin 231-4, fourth in the early NCAA lists. 

LOOKING AHEAD: PacWest teams will return to action this week (Thursday-Saturday) at the Mike Fanelli Classic at San Francisco State, the Stanford Invitational, the Vince Boyle Invite at UC Irvine and the Texas Relays.