This week's Big West track & field weekly awards saw UC Davis sweep the honors on the track, while Long Beach State and Cal Poly took home the field awards.
The Aggies had Jonathan Sees claim the Men's Track Athlete of the Week, while Alycia Cridebring won the Women's Track Athlete of the Week mention. For the field awards, Colin Dunbar of Long Beach State won his fourth Men's Field Athlete of the Week accolade of the 2011 season, while Cal Poly's Whitney Sisler was given her first weekly honor of the year as the Women's Field Athlete of the Week.
Sees, a senior from Newark, Calif., finished fourth in the mile at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational with a time of 4:02.66. His time converts to 3:44.69 for the 1500, which gives him the top slot in the Big West this season and #2 in UCD program history.
Cridebring, a freshman from Pleasant Hill, Calif., finished seventh in the 1500 with a time 4:27.71 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational. Her time is #2 in the Big West and moves her to sixth on the all-time UCD list.
Dunbar, a senior from Santa Barbara, Calif., won the hammer and shot put at the Triton Invitational. He recorded a mark of 212-07 in the hammer and 51-10.50 in the shot. Dunbar also posted a mark of 168-05 in the discus for a fifth place finish. He has now won his past three hammer competitions and has the top mark in the event in the Big West.
Sisler, a junior from San Marcos, Calif., finished second in the high jump at the Triton Invitational with a mark of 6-0. She established the top mark in the league and this is also the first time Sisler has cleared six feet.
Others Nominated
Men's Track: Jamison Jordan, Cal Poly; Nimrod Piggee, Long Beach State; Andre Pinon, UC Santa Barbara
Women's Track: Amber Middleton, UC Irvine; Cassie Brooker, UC Santa Barbara
Men's Field: Korben Boaz, Cal Poly; Brock Bennett, UC Davis; Tommy Hamm, UC Irvine; Ryan Swafford, UC Riverside
Women's Field: Randi Hicks, Long Beach State; Chidinma Onyewuenyi, UC Davis; Brittani Daniels, UC Riverside; Jean Lightfoot, UC Santa Barbara