Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week

Colorado State's Nicks and San Diego State's Ireland take home conference honors.

SDSU junior Nicole Ireland was selected MWC Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week.
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April 22, 2003

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado State sophomore Mike Nicks and San Diego State junior Nicole Ireland have been selected as the Mountain West Conference Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively.

MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Mike Nicks - Colorado State
Sophomore · Steeplechase · Colorado Springs, Colo./Doherty HS

Nicks finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a NCAA regional qualifying time of 8:51.73 in the Olympic Development Division at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. on April 17. His time is a personal-best as well as the second best in school history and the third best in Mountain West Conference history.

WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Nicole Ireland - San Diego State
Junior · Sprints/Hurdles · Las Vegas, Nev./University of Alabama

Ireland won the 400-meter hurdles in a new Mountain West Conference record of 57.30 (57.56 by Holly Gibbons, BYU in 2000) in the University/Open Division at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. on April 19. Her time in the 400-meter hurdles is the fourth-fastest in the nation this season, a personal-best and a NCAA regional qualifying time. She also finished second in the 400-meter dash with a career-best time of 52.91 in the Olympic Development Division and ran the second leg of the team's fourth place 4x400-meter relay, which posted a time of 3:34.77 in the elite Invitational Division. Her time in the 400-meter dash is the fifth-fastest in MWC history and second-fastest in the conference this season, it is also a NCAA regional qualifying time and ranks in the top 10 nationally. The relay time of 3:34.77 is the second-fastest in school and MWC history, fastest in the conference this season and ranks 10th in the nation this season.