BOULDER
- Women's Nordic skier Joanne Reid and men's track and field sprinter Joe Morris received CU
Athlete of the Week honors on Wednesday for their play during the week of Jan
7-13. CU's Athlete of the Week is sponsored by Silk®, Horizon® and
International Delight®.
Reid started her season off with
a bang, winning the 15-kilometer freestyle race and finishing second in the 5K
classical race at CU's Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational in Steamboat
Springs over the weekend. The win, which was Reid's third of her career
race and second in the freestyle race, was a crucial part in helping the Buffs comes
from behind to win the meet as a team.
Her second place finish in the
classical discipline gives her 11 podium appearances and 18 top five finishes
in 29 career races.
Morris began the 2013 track and
field season with a brilliant start by winning the 60-meter race and breaking
his own CU record in the event at the U.S. Air Force Academy All-Comers Meet on
Saturday afternoon, crossing the finish line in 6.57 seconds.
The time was 6-tenths of a second
faster than his previous school record of 6.63, which he set on Jan. 22, 2011
in his first meet as a Buff. Morris currently holds the top time in the nation.
With the altitude conversion, it currently is 6.61 and is 0.03 seconds faster
than a trio of runners tied at 6.64. Morris also had the fastest time in the
200, clocking a personal best time of 21.01, which is the eighth fastest time
this season.
Also nominated for this week's
award were Kelsey English (track and
field), Chucky Jeffery (woman's
basketball), Rune Oedegaard (men's
skiing) and Josh Scott (men's
basketball).
English won the high jump for the
women's track and field team at the USAFA All-Comers Meet with a personal
record of five feet and eight inches. English was the only jumper to clear the
mark, doing so on her final attempt. She is now tied for eighth on CU's
performers list with the mark.
Chucky Jeffery
showcased the range of her game this week in helping the women's basketball
team to a regular season sweep of Utah. She averaged 16 points, 8.5 rebounds,
3.5 assists and 2.5 steals in the two games. In the 10-point home win, Jeffery scored a personal and team-season high 28
points, the second most of her career. She added 12 rebounds and logged her 23rd
career double-double - her third of the season - in the game.
Oedegaard won the 20-kilometer men's
classical Nordic ski race at CU's Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational on
Saturday and followed that up with a runner-up performance in the 10K freestyle
race the next day. He now has six victories in just 14 career races and
the pair of podium appearances gives him 11 in his career.
Scott averaged 16 points and 6.5
rebounds over a two-game span in men's basketball team to a 1-1 week at the
Coors Events Center, defeating USC 66-60 and falling to UCLA 78-75. Scott scored
a team-high 14 points with four rebounds, two assists and two steals in the win
over the Trojans. Two days later, he scored 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting with
nine rebounds against the Bruins. It was the 13th double-digit game for
Scott this season and his eighth game where he grabbed seven or more rebounds
in a game.
