COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — University of New Mexico senior Adam Cotton has been named Mountain West Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for meets contested from February 5-6.
Cotton, originally from Penkridge, England, ran a time of 1 minute. 51.61 seconds in the men’s 800-meter run to place second overall and first collegiately at the New Mexico Classic & Multis this past weekend at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
After racing competitively just twice in the last two years, Cotton raced the 800 in back-to-back weeks. His most recent clocking, which is converted from 1:52.24 for altitude, is his best at that distance since August 2013.
He currently ranks third in the Mountain West with his mark.
This honor is the first athlete-of-the-week honor for Cotton, who spent the last four years at Harvard University.
Overall, it’s the second indoor athlete-of-the-week honor for New Mexico this season after Allan Hamilton earned field athlete-of-the-week honors on January 26. Cotton’s selection is also the 11th since the MW expanded the number of conference athletes of the week from two to four (track athletes and field athletes for both genders) last season.
New Mexico returns to action this weekend when it hosts a strong field at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational at the Albuquerque Convention Center.