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Men's Track Athlete of the Week Matthew Staples, UC Santa Barbara | Graduate • Santa Clara, Calif.

• UC Santa Barbara's Matthew Staples won the 200m and was runner-up in the 100m at the UCSB Invitational to earn The Big West Men's Track Athlete of the Week award. It is Staples' first career weekly honor.


• The Santa Clara, Calif. native placed second in the 100m with a wind-legal personal-best time of 10.37. It is the No. 2 time in program history and currently fifth in The Big West.


• Staples followed with a first-place effort in the 200m, crossing the finish line in 20.99.

Also nominated: Arthur Celestine Jr. (UC Riverside), Christian Taylor (UC Davis).

Men's Field Athlete of the Week Aiden Pastorian, Cal Poly | Redshirt Junior • Temecula, Calif.

• Cal Poly's Aiden Pastorian won the shot put competition at the UCSB Invitational to claim The Big West Field Athlete of the Week honor. It is Pastorian's first career weekly honor.


• The redshirt junior from Temecula, Calif. won the event with a mark of 59'9.75"/18.23m. The distance was just over 10 inches off Pastorian's lifetime best of 60'8"/18.49m recorded earlier this season, which ranks No. 1 in the Big West, No. 16 in the West Region and No. 34 in the NCAA.

Also nominated: Aiydan Bague (CSUN), Kendal Handy (UC Santa Barbara), Jake Joerger (UC Davis), Kazu Kimura (UC Riverside), Javier Toro (Cal State Bakersfield).

Women's Track Athlete of the Week Maddie Conte, UC Santa Barbara | Senior • Monrovia, Calif.

• UC Santa Barbara's Maddie Conte won the 100m hurdles and was runner-up in the 400m hurdles at the UCSB Invitational to take home the Big West Women's Track Athlete of the Week recognition. It is Conte's second career weekly honor, having won it once last season.


• The Gaucho senior wom the 100m hurdles race in a personal-best time of 13.51. The mark ranks No. 2 all-time in program history and sits third in The Big West rankings.


• Conte followed with a runner-up finish in the 400m hurdles competition (1:00.23).

Also nominated: Serena Grace (CSUN), Diyana Hackley (UC Riverside), Jordan Jackson (Cal Poly), Maya Shinnick (UC Davis).

Women's Field Athlete of the Week Chelsa Aninyei, UC Riverside | Redshirt Junior • Bellflower, Calif.

• UC Riverside's Chelsea Aninyei swept the long jump and triple jump events at the Chris Rinne Invitational to collect the Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Week accolade. It is Aninyei's third career weekly honor, having won it once earlier this season and once last year.


• The redshirt junior won the triple jump with a distance of 42'7"/12.98m.The mark leads The Big West by .20m and ranks seventh in the West Region and 38th nationally.


• Aninyei won the long jump competition at the Chris Rinne Invitational for the second straight year with a mark of 19'4.75"/5.91m.

Also nominated: Camrenne Genilla (Cal Poly), Jessica Mackenzie (UC Santa Barbara), Kadidja Sangare (UC Davis).