Outdoor Athletes of the Week

BYU's Flint, AFA's Pounds, and Wyoming's Smith take home conference honors.

Shauna Smith won the 400 meter hurdles in a school record time of 56.80 at the Drake Relays in Iowa.
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April 30, 2004

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - BYU senior Greg Flint was named Mountain West Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week, while Air Force sophomore Dana Pounds and Wyoming junior Shauna Smith share the women's athletes of the week award.

Flint, a Kaysville, Utah, product, took first place in the 400-meter hurdles at the Robinson Invitational in Provo, Utah, with a season-best time of 50.58. His time is currently leads the MWC and is the top time in the NCAA West Region. It is also the seventh fastest time in the nation and is a regional qualifying mark.

Pounds, a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., native, won the javelin at the Drake Relays with a school record throw of 172-1.25 (52.46 meters). Her mark currently leads the MWC, ranks fourth in the NCAA and is just two inches shy of the conference record. It was the longest throw in the women's javelin at the Drake Relays since 1986, while her victory was the first for a Falcon since 1976. The mark is also an NCAA and Olympic trial qualifying throw.

Smith took first place and set a new Wyoming school record in the 400 meter hurdles at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Her time of 56.80 broke her previous record in the event of 57.24, which she set earlier this season. The time is also the fourth best time in the nation and the second fastest performance in MWC history. The Sheridan, Wyo., native also ran the first leg on the Cowgirl 4x400 relay team that captured first place at the Drake Relays, clocking a time of 3:33.01 in the prelim's to set a new Wyoming and MWC record.