Cam Watts Named MW Track Athlete of the Week
After running the fastest 100m race in program history on Friday in El Paso, Cam Watts has been named MW Track Athlete of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.
In the menβs 100 meters on Friday at the UTEP Sun City Classic, Cam Watts β a dual-sport athlete in football and track and MW Indoor Champion in the 60 meter dash β won the event in 10.21 seconds (+1.5 m/s) to set a new UNM school record after conversions (10.24 conversion for NCAA ranking purposes). The previous mark of 10.28 (converted) was held by BeeJay Lee (2012) and Victor Akhalu (2023).
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Watts wins the Men’s 100m in El Paso with a 10.21 clocking, breaking Beejay Lee’s program record that had stood since 2012 π€―π€―π€― pic.twitter.com/NpHFNCEo1U
β New Mexico XC/T&F (@UNMLoboXCTF) April 12, 2025
Watts now leads the MW performance list in the 100m and ranks Top-50 in the nation and No. 16 in the West Region, all but assuring he’ll advance to NCAA First Round Preliminaries with that mark.
Watts also contributed to the Lobos’ 4x100m relay squad that won the Sun City Classic with a 40.23 (40.34) time that ties for the third-fastest time in UNM outdoor history and is 0.33 seconds off the school record, good for fifth-fastest in the conference currently.