MWC Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week (4/10/01)

BYU's Kenneth Andam and Nan Evans take home conference honors.

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April 10, 2001

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - BYU senior Kenneth Andam and BYU sophomore Nan Evans were named Mountain West Conference Men's and Women's Track Athletes of the Week, respectively.

Andam, a native of Takoradi, Ghana (St. Augustine's College), ranks in the nation's top five after posting a time of 10.14 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 meters last week at the Texas Relays in Austin. He passed on the university division finals to compete in the invitational division, finishing fourth at 10.19. Andam, who set the MWC Championship record in the 100 meters last year at 10.21, leads the MWC this season with an altitude adjusted time of 10.13 in the event.

Evans, of Bountiful, Utah (Bountiful HS), captured first place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase last week at the BYU Cougar Invitational after running the event for the first time in her career. She clocked a time of 10-minutes, 21.43-seconds, just under two seconds shy of the NCAA automatic qualifying mark (10:21.00). Evans' time is currently the best on the Mountain West Conference top times list and ranks second nationally.

Upcoming Schedule (April 12-14)
Air Force travels to the 5th Annual Tom Botts Invitational in Columbia, Mo., BYU and Colorado State travel to Ogden, Utah for the Weber State Invitational, San Diego State hosts the All Women Invitational at the SDSU Sports Deck, UNLV travels to the San Diego Invitational, Utah travels to the Cal State Northridge Invitational, Wyoming travels to Northern Colorado in Greeley., Colo., for multi-event competition. New Mexico is in action again April 20-21 in Waco, Texas.

MWC Track Tidbits
Colorado State's Liz Toman set a school record and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship in the shot put with her throw of 52-feet, 1.25-inches at the UNC Open last week. New Mexico's Monique Harris provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship with a leap of 42-feet, 2-inches in the triple jump. Wyoming's Stephanie Anderson broke the Wyoming

Mountain West Conference NCAA Qualifiers
Below is a list of MWC track student-athletes who have qualified provisionally or automatically for the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Championships to be held at the University of Oregon May 30-June 2.

Liz Toman, CSU, shot put (52' 1.25"), NCAA provisional
Monique Harris, UNM, triple jump (42' 2"), NCAA provisional
Kenneth Andam, BYU, 100m (10.13), NCAA automatic
Drew Smith, CSU, 100m (10.32), NCAA provisional
Bryan Berryhill, CSU, 1,500m (3:39.08), NCAA automatic
Teren Jameson, Utah, 5,000m (13:59.83), NCAA provisional