DAVIS, Calif. -- UC Davis junior pole vaulter
Jered Española captured Big West Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week honors, the league office announced on Friday. This is now the third weekly award to go to an Aggie student-athlete during the relatively new outdoor track & field season, as sprinter
Matthew Okonkwo and jumper
Kerrington Smith won similar honors one week prior.
The psychology major from Union City, California cleared the five-meter threshold for the fourth time in his Aggie career, winning the pole vault with a mark of 5.01 meters, or 16 feet, 5.25 inches, in Saturday's tri-meet at Cal State Fullerton. It marked his second straight meet win of the year.
Cal State Fullerton claimed the other three weekly honors for the period ending March 7. Hurdler Charles Kelly won Male Track Athlete of the Week, middle distance runner Trinity Ruelas snared Female Track Athlete of the Week, and jumper Naiah Boardingham claimed Female Field Athlete of the Week distinction
UC Davis has a bye weekend before final examinations, returning to action at the Hornet Invitational on March 20.
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With the addition of equestrian and women's beach volleyball in 2018, more than 700 student-athletes represent the fifth-ranked public school in the nation on one of 25 intercollegiate athletics teams.
UC Davis, a national leader in Title IX gender equity and leadership, is centrally located between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and the Napa Valley; and offers an unrivaled student-athlete experience that features the ideal combination of elite academics, Division I athletics and personal growth.
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