After standout 400m and 4x400 relay performances against elite national competition last weekend at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, Brodie Young and Rebecca Grieve were named MW Men's and Women's Track Athletes of the Week and Eva Ngom earned MW Freshman of the Week honors, the league announced Tuesday.
It's the first such honor of the season for Young and Grieve and the first of Ngom's career.
BRODIE YOUNG | MW MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Young posted the fastest 400m time in the Mountain West this season in his first try at the event this indoor season, finishing fifth in a loaded field at the NM Collegiate Classic. He's the only Mountain West athlete to run below 46 seconds this season.
Young also contributed a 45.13 split -- UNM's fastest of the day -- to a 4x400m relay that clocked a 3:11.66 converted time, the second-fastest in the conference so far this season. That time ranks No. 8 on the UNM Indoor all-time list.
REBECCA GRIEVE | MW WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Grieve became the first woman from New Mexico to run below 52 seconds indoors or outdoors as she broke an all-conditions program record that ranks No. 1 in the conference heading into this weekend, also posting a 51.28 split as the anchor leg of a women's 4x400m relay that also leads the conference (3:31.77 @).
Grieve was one of three athletes to finish below the previous ABQCC Facility Record of 52.24 as she ran a new career best of 51.80 – she’s now the UNM program record holder in the event both indoors and outdoors and ranks No. 10 in the nation in the event.
The UNM women blew away a 4x400 school record set just last year as they finished third behind two of the fastest relay squads in the nation in UCLA and USC, running 5.08 seconds faster than the previous record of 3:36.85 ran at Mountain West Championships last season. That time ranks No. 14 in the nation.
EVA NGOM | MW WOMEN'S FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Ngom posted an improvement of .34 seconds in her second career 400m race to finish in 53.36 (53.70), the fastest 400m time of any freshman in the conference and fourth overall even after altitude conversions and is the fourth-fastest in program history.
She also ran a 52.22 split on the women's 4x400m relay as they broke the program record by more than five seconds. That relay performance of 3:31.77 (converted) leads the conference.