Hadfield Honored as America First Credit Union Student-Athlete of the Week

Utah State University track and field athlete Blake Hadfield has been named the America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week for the period ending on Sunday, April 20, it was announced on Monday [April 21]. The award is voted on by a state media panel.

Saturday [April 19] at the USU Mark Faldmo Invitational, Hadfield, a junior from Millville, Utah (Mountain Crest HS), posted two NCAA regional marks. Hadfield won the triple-jump with a career-best distance of 49-05.00, just a half inch off the USU school record held by Bruce McCannel of 49-5.50 in 2000. He was also the top collegiate finisher in the long jump with a second-place distance of 24-4.25, which is not only also a personal best, but the eighth-best mark in school history.

 

Hadfield's long jump mark is the second-best in the Western Athletic Conference this year, while his triple jump distance is the fourth-best in the league.

 

The honor is Hadfield's first career USU Athlete of the Week award and he becomes the third member of the men's track and field team to receive the weekly honor this year and the first for the outdoor season after Nick Karren (Feb. 11) and John Strang (March 3) earned the accolade during indoor competition.

 

This weekend, the Aggie track and field teams will be sending some athletes to Berkeley, Calif., to compete in the Cal Berkeley Invitational, while others will be heading to Provo, Utah, to compete in the Clarence Robison Invitational and some distance runners will be competing in the Oregon Relays at Eugene, Ore. All three meets are held Friday and Saturday, April 25-26. The Utah Collegiate Challenge is May 7 at Salt Lake City, hosted by Utah, which is USU's final tune-up before the WAC Championships, May 14-17 at Boise, Idaho.

 

Nominees from other sports included:

 

MEN'S GOLF — Junior Toph Peterson (Logan, Utah) led Utah State to a 13th-place finish at the PING Cougar Classic, hosted by BYU last weekend. Individually, Peterson tied for 22nd with a one-over par 217 as he recorded back-to-back 73s before carding a one-under 71 in his final round on Saturday. It is the first time this year that Peterson has been USU's top finisher.

 

WOMEN'S TRACK — Freshman Sonia Grabowska (Warsaw, Poland) recorded an NCAA regional qualifying mark in the pole vault at the Utah State hosted Mark Faldmo Invitational last weekend. Grabowska posted a personal-best height of 12-7.50 to finish second in the event behind former U.S. Olympian Stacy Dragila. Grabowska's mark was five and a half inches better than her previous personal-best.

 

MEN'S TENNIS — Sophomore Oscar Ericsson (Stockholm, Sweden) picked up the lone point in Utah State's 6-1 loss to UC Santa Barbara last week as he defeated Bijan Hejazi, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 2 singles.

 

WOMEN'S TENNIS — Freshman Hailey Swenson (North Salt Lake City, Utah) notched a 1-1 record last week as she helped Utah State defeat Idaho State, 5-2, followed by a 7-0 loss to Montana State. Swenson began the week by posting a 6-1, 6-2 win against ISU at No. 1 singles, and then lost to MSU, 7-5, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.

 

SOFTBALL — Senior third baseman Amy Schaible (Red Bluff, Calif.) hit .500 during a three-game series at Louisiana Tech as Utah State lost all three games, 1-0, 7-2 and 3-2. Schaible began the series by going 2-of-3 in game one, and then went 2-of-4 with an RBI in game three. Overall, she had five hits, with one double and one RBI in the series.

 

 

Sept. 4 - Dana Peart, Soccer
Sept. 10 - Amanda Nielson, Volleyball
Sept. 17 - Dana Peart, Soccer
Sept. 24 - Kevin Robinson, Football
Oct. 1 - Melissa Osterloh, Volleyball
Oct. 8 - Kevin Robinson, Football
Oct. 15 - Seth Wold, Cross Country
Oct. 22 - Amanda Nielson, Volleyball
Oct. 29 - Seth Wold, Cross Country
Nov. 5 - Lauren Hansen, Soccer
Nov. 12 - Danielle Taylor, Volleyball
Nov. 19 - Rob Myers, Football
Nov. 26 - Stephen DuCharme, Men's Basketball
Dec. 3 - Jaycee Carroll, Men's Basketball
Dec. 10 - Danyelle Snelgro, Women's Basketball
Dec. 17 - Tai Wesley, Men's Basketball
Dec. 24 - Jaycee Carroll, Men's Basketball
Dec. 31 - Gary Wilkinson, Men's Basketball
Jan. 7 - Tai Wesley, Men's Basketball
Jan. 14 - Gary Wilkinson, Men's Basketball
Jan. 21 - Jaycee Carroll, Men's Basketball
Jan. 28 - Erin Stratton, Women's Track and Field
Feb. 4 - Maria Halton, Women's Track and Field
Feb. 11 - Nick Karren, Men's Track and Field
Feb. 18 - Jakob Asplund, Men's Tennis
Feb. 25 - Jenny Gross, Women's Basketball
Mar. 3 - John Strang, Men's Track and Field
Mar. 10 - Jaycee Carroll, Men's Basketball
Mar. 17 - Kelley Kaneshiro, Softball
Mar. 24 - Stacie Dorius, Women's Track and Field
Mar. 31 - Megan Tschida, Gymnastics
Apr. 7 - Kayla Dunn, Softball
Apr. 14 - Jasmine Minion, Gymnastics
Apr. 21 - Blake Hadfield, Men's Track and Field

 

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