NAPERVILLE, Ill. - CSU Bakersfield star sophomore sprinter Jordan Taylor (Palmdale, Calif., William Knight HS) has been named the 2012 Great
West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Male Athlete of the Year as voted on by
coaches in the conference. Utah Valley javelin thrower McKell Camp won the
women's award. Both were announced by the conference on Monday.
Not only did Taylor win both the 100- and 200-meter events at CSUB's
first-ever appearance in the GWC Championships in May, but he also set
conference records in both with times of 10.27 seconds and 20.84 seconds,
respectively. His performance helped Taylor earn the GWC Championship Meet's
Outstanding Male Performance Award. The 10.27
mark also set a CSUB record as the fastest ever and Taylor is now second in the
CSUB record books in the 200. At the GWC
meet, Taylor was also a member of the 4X100 relay that took second place and
ran a leg for CSUB's fifth-place 4X400 relay team.
"I am very happy for Jordan to receive this
award," CSUB Director of Track and Field Alan Collatz said. "It's great that
the conference recognizes what a fantastic year he had representing CSUB at the
highest level, both on and off the track."
For the
second time in as many chances, Taylor also qualified for the NCAA Division I
Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary Round in both the 100 and 200. He
advanced to the quarterfinals in both events.
During the
season, Taylor was twice named the GWC Male Athlete of the Week.
The
2012 outdoor track season was the first for CSUB as an affiliate member of the
GWC.
Freshman Roadrunner Alyssa Page (Santa Rosa, Calif., Montgomery HS) was
nominated for the women's award. Page wasted no time in becoming a vital piece of the CSUB women's track
and field program, breaking her way into the Roadrunner record books and
tallying a number of impressive performances in her freshman year with CSUB.
She is fourth in the 200 with a time of 24.33 seconds, she is 13th
in the 400 with a time of 56.80 and she is 14th in the 100 with a
time of 12.28.
Page was also a member of CSUB's
outstanding 4X400 relay team that tied for ninth in 'Runner history with a time
of 3:50.16. After finishing in the top 10 in the 100, 200 and 400 at multiple
meets throughout the season, Page finished the season with a bang with a
third-place finish to medal at the Great West Conference Championship Meet with
her fastest mark of the year at 24.33 seconds. Page also placed fifth in the
400 and was a member of the 'Runners' 4X400 relay team that placed third and
the 4X100 relay team that placed fourth at the GWC Championships.
Camp won the women's award after finishing the season ranked No. 25 overall
in the United States in the javelin. The junior from Salina, Utah, won the GWC
Championship with a throw of 166-11, which at the time moved her up to No. 14
overall in collegiate rankings and No. 24 overall in the country. She was
honored with the GWC Outstanding Female Performance Award at the GWC
Championship meet after her record-setting toss. She also earned an invitation
to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary Round.
The GWC contributed to this report.
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