LARAMIE, WYOMING (March 9, 2020) – Following the conclusion of the Mountain West Indoor Championships, four Wyoming athletes have earned all-conference honors, it was announced by the league Monday afternoon. Paul Roberts earned two honors, while Christopher Henry, Kirk Unland, and Shayla Howell each earned one accolade.
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Roberts, who was named the Outstanding Athlete of the Meet, earned a pair of all-league honors in the 3,000m and 5,000m distances. Roberts won the 3,000m race with an altitude-adjusted time of 8:09.36, which is a personal best and the No. 5 time on the Wyoming top-10 list. Roberts also placed second in the 5,000m race with a time of 14:04.91, as the senior earned 18 team points for the Cowboys during the competition.
Unland was Wyoming’s other event winner, taking the weight throw title with a career-best mark of 66 feet, 3.25 inches. That mark is No. 10 on the all-time list at Wyoming. Unland entered the conference meet as the only athlete to break 60 feet this season, and he continued his regular-season success with a personal best at the conference championship. Unland is the second Cowboy in as many years to win the weight throw, as Hap Frketich won the event a year ago.
Henry placed third in the 3,000m race, just over a second behind his teammate, Roberts. Henry’s time of 8:10.49 earned him the all-conference honor. It is his second all-conference honor in this event in back-to-back seasons. Henry joins Mark Korir as the only two Cowboys to earn multiple all-conference honors in the 3,000m distance.
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Howell placed third in the women’s long jump with a best leap of 19-4.75. It is the fifth season in a row that a Cowgirl has earned all-conference honors in the indoor long jump. Howell joins Ja’la Henderson and Jerayah Davis as all-conference athletes during this dominant stretch for the Cowgirls.
The Wyoming track & field teams return to action for the start of the outdoor season when they compete at Colorado State from Thursday, March 26 through Saturday, March. 28.
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