Men’s Track Athlete of the Week: Johnnie Blockburger, Sr., USC (Tucson, Ariz.)

• Won two individual events and contributed to a pair of relay wins in USC’s dual meet victory over UCLA on Sunday. 
• Won the men’s 200m with a time of 20.78 and the 400m with a time of 45.50. 
• Ran a leg for USC’s uncontested (UCLA DQ) victory in the 4x100m relay in which the Trojans crossed with a time of 43.29. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Men’s 4x100m Relay, ARIZ; PJ Ize-Iyamu, ORE; Luke Houser, WASH; Grant Buckmiller

Women’s Track Athlete of the Week: 4x800m Relay, Washington

• Quartet of Marlena Preigh, Wilma Nielsen, Samantha Friborg, and Chloe Foerster won the 4x800m relay at the Penn Relays with a collegiate-record time of 8:17.28. 
• Broke Villanova’s previous record of 8:17.45 set in 2013. 
• It’s the second NCAA relay record of the year for the Huskies, as Preigh and Foerster contributed to the Washington women’s indoor DMR record in February. 
• Preigh split 2:07.94, Nielsen split 2:05.06, Friborg split 2:02.12, and Foerster anchored in 2:02.17. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Antonia Sanchez Nunez, ARIZ; Saira Prince, ASU; Abbey Glynn, COLO; Shana Grebo, ORE; Adael Scatena, OSU; Roisin Willis, STAN; Mia Kane, UCLA; Jasmine Jones, USC; Micaela De Mello, WSU

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: Chandler Ault, Sr., Washington (Midland, Mich.)

• Won the men’s javelin title at the Fresno State Invite over the weekend.
• Threw 76.54m (251-1) for a lifetime-best mark and the seventh-best performance in the NCAA this year. 
• Moves into second place on Washington’s all-time list in the event and becomes just the second Husky to ever eclipse 250 feet. 
• Leads the Pac-12 by over 11 feet in the event. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Jared O’Riley, ARIZ; Brandon Lloyd, ASU; Matt Ward, COLO; Mason Strunk, ORE; Nikolaus Polychroniou, USC; Ben Chappell, WSU

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week: Jaida Ross, Jr., Oregon (Medford, Ore.)

• Won the women’s shot put by nearly 11 feet at the Desert Heat Classic over the weekend. 
• Tied her own collegiate record with a toss of 19.71m (64-08.00), the fourth-best outdoor throw in the world this year. 
• All six throws in her series were at least 18.96m, including four beyond 19 meters.

ALSO NOMINATED: Sydnie Vanek, ARIZ; Kiara Lee, ASU; Jada Green, COLO; Sara Sanders, OSU; Federica Botter, UCLA; Temi Ojora, USC; Beatrice Armstrong, WASH; Nana Gyedu, WSU

2024 Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of the Week