Long Beach State University Athletics
Gray Athlete of the Week
4/5/2007 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
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Gray Named Week's Best Again LONG BEACH, CA-- Long Beach sprinter Brent Gray was named the Big West Conference's tri-athlete of the week for the track for the second time this season after finishing fifth at the Stanford 100 and 200 meter races last weekend. Gray currently has the third-fastest time in the nation (10.29) in the 100-meter dash and the 14th fastest 200-meter time (20.92). Both are the top marks in the Big West. The 49ers this week head to the Big West Challenge in Santa Barbara on Friday, featuring UCSB, UC Irvine, LBSU and CS Fullerton. Five other athletes rank in the top-25 nationally in their respective events. Jill Reynolds is 10th in the pole vault, Robert Jennings is 12th in the discus, Jennifer Oneyagbako is 18th in the discus and Alex Shaw (19th) and Kim Heinz (22nd) are ranked in the javelin. Jennings, Reynolds and Shaw each have the top marks in the conference. Ericka Feazell has posted the fastest 100-meter hurdle time in the Big West as well. |
