Four of the five individual honorees are repeat All-MW Indoor Track and Field performers
Source: goaztecs.com
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February 27, 2017 (San Diego) - After a third-place finish at the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships and four event titles, San Diego State track and field garnered six All-Mountain West Indoor Track and Field honors, the conference office announced Monday.
Henderson was named the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships Women’s Outstanding Performer of the Meet after breaking the SDSU and meet all-time marks in the 60- and 200-meter dashes to take first in both events. She ran the second-best 60 (7.17) and sixth-best 200 (22.81) in NCAA Division I this season at the conference meet. Henderson won the 200 at the 2016 MW Indoor Track and Field Championships, and has now earned All-MW Indoor honors in the event each season in the Scarlet and Black.
An All-Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field performer in the shot put (2016), senior Rachel Alesi executed a personal-best throw of 48-06.00, the fifth-best mark in the program record book.
Capturing the second All-MW Indoor Track and Field Team honor of her career, sophomore Marissa Berry won the pole vault title after recording a 13-foot, 9.25-inch mark, a personal best. The mark, which is the sixth best in SDSU history and fifth best MW Indoor Championships history, tied junior Bonnie Draxler’s height in the event at the 2016 MW Championships. The Aztecs have now won 22 MW titles in the pole vault out of a possible 35 tries (indoor and outdoor).
Junior Simone Glenn finished second in the 200, clocking in at 23.55 for third all-time. This is the second All-MW Indoor Track and Field honor for Glenn in the 200, after she took third in the race at last year’s championships.
Freshman Andrenette Knight snagged silver in the 60-meter hurdles after she crossed the finish line in 8.40, ranked No. 8 in program history.
San Diego State’s 4x400-meter relay team of junior transfer Monique McPherson, senior Tyra Lea, Glenn and Knight won the event with their 3:40.16 time surpassing their school record, set at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational earlier this month, by just 0.02 second. The win in the relay was the Aztecs’ first since 2013.
The NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships are on Fri., March 10 and Sat., March 11 in College Station, Texas.
SDSU’s Mountain West Awards
Women’s Outstanding Performer of the Meet
Ashley Henderson
All-Conference Selections
Rachel Alesi (shot put)
Marissa Berry (pole vault)
Simone Glenn (200 meters)
Ashley Henderson (60 meters, 200 meters)
Andrenette Knight (60-meter hurdles)
4x400-Meter Relay (Monique McPherson, Tyra Lea, Simone Glenn, Andrenette Knight)
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