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2024 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships

May 10-12 | Boulder, CO

Pac-12 Track & Field Weekly Awards – May 7, 2024

May 7, 2024

Men’s Track Athlete of the Week: David Foster, Jr., California (Katy, Texas)

  • Helped lead Cal to a 114-48 win in the Big Meet over Stanford last week, the largest margin of victory for the Golden Bears since 1992.
  • Picked up wins in the 100m (10.25) and 200m (21.16), including a PR performance in the 200m. 
  • Anchored Cal’s 4x100m relay squad to win and a time of 39.46.

ALSO NOMINATED: Benjamin Balazs, ORE; Johnnie Blockburger, USC

Women’s Track Athlete of the Week: Jasmine Jones, Sr., USC (Atlanta, Ga.)

  • Finished second in the 100m hurdles and won the 400m hurdles at the Oxy Invite over the weekend. 
  • Was the top collegian in the 100m hurdles, placing second to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
  • Jones crossed with a time of 12.86 in the 100H, moving into 10th place in the NCAA this year in the event. She posted a time of 56.38 to win the 400mH competition. 
  • She’s one of only two women in the country (Shani’a Bellamy, LSU) to own top-10 national marks in both the 100H and 400H. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Aysha Shaheed, CAL

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: Rowan Hamilton, 6th, California (Chilliwack, B.C.)

  • Won the men’s hammer throw competition in Cal’s Big Meet victory over Stanford.
  • Posted a mark of 74.46m (244-3), eclipsing the previous meet record that had stood since 1995 by over four meters. 
  • Leads the Pac-12 in the hammer with his toss of 77.16m (253-2) set at the Mt. SAC Relays back in April. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Sam Hala’ufia, ARIZ; Amanda Opp, COLO

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week: Jasmine Blair, 5th, California (Wilseyville, Calif.)

  • Won the women’s discus and hammer throw competitions at the Big Meet against Stanford last week. 
  • Earned her third-straight PR in the discus, going 59.60m (195-6) for the second-best performance in program history. 
  • Notched a season-best mark of 60.47m (198-5) in the hammer.

ALSO NOMINATED: Tapenisa Havea, ARIZ; Jaida Ross, ORE

2024 Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of the Week

  Men's Track Women's Track Men's Field Women's Field
March 19 Yan Vazquez, ARIZ Maribel Caicedo, WSU Mason Mangum, CAL Amari Turner, CAL
March 26 Trayvion White-Austin, ARIZ Adriana Tatum, ASU Sir Jonatham Sims, ARIZ Temi Ojora, USC
April 2 Evan Jenkins, WASH Maddy Elmore, ORE Trevontay Smith, WASH Hana Moll, WASH
April 9 Johnnie Blockburger, USC Jadyn Mays, ORE JC Stevenson, USC Jaida Ross, ORE
April 16 Nathan Green, WASH Chloe Foerster, WASH Mason Strunk, ORE Shelby Moran, ORE
April 23 John Paredes, WSU Aaliyah McCormick, ORE Rowan Hamilton, CAL Hana Moll, WASH
April 30 Johnnie Blockburger, USC 4x800m Relay, WASH Chandler Ault, WASH Jaida Ross, ORE
May 7 David Foster, CAL Jasmine Jones, USC Rowan Hamilton, CAL Jasmine Blair, CAL