Completed Event: Track and Field at Cody McBride Invitational on March 20, 2026 ,
Track & Field
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Trio earn WAC honors
4/30/2019 11:32:00β―AM | Track and Field
Okyere, Omovoh earn 1st WAC honors, Lundberg's 3rd
The Grand Canyon track and field team took three WAC Athlete of the Week honors, including a sweep of the women's awards after the trio's performances at the Desert Heat Classic at Arizona on Saturday.
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Freshman thrower Jorden Okyere broke the school record in the discus and set a second personal record in the hammer throw on his way to the award.
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Okyere ranks third in the conference in the discus and fifth in the hammer with his new marks of 49.55 and 49.08 meters, respectively.
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On the women's side, sophomore Knowledge Omovoh ran the WAC's fastest 400-meter and the second-fastest time in the conference in the 200-meter dash.
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Omovoh's time of 53.83 ranks 33rd in the West and 70th in the nation.
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In the pole vault, sophomore Madelyn Lundberg was one centimeter from tying the GCU record set last year of 4.08 meters.
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Lundberg and fellow teammate Alyson Schwartz were in a jump off at 4.07 meters with Lundberg clearing the height and taking the meet win.
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This is the first time three Lopes have won weekly conference awards on the same week since February 12.
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Freshman thrower Jorden Okyere broke the school record in the discus and set a second personal record in the hammer throw on his way to the award.
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Okyere ranks third in the conference in the discus and fifth in the hammer with his new marks of 49.55 and 49.08 meters, respectively.
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On the women's side, sophomore Knowledge Omovoh ran the WAC's fastest 400-meter and the second-fastest time in the conference in the 200-meter dash.
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Omovoh's time of 53.83 ranks 33rd in the West and 70th in the nation.
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In the pole vault, sophomore Madelyn Lundberg was one centimeter from tying the GCU record set last year of 4.08 meters.
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Lundberg and fellow teammate Alyson Schwartz were in a jump off at 4.07 meters with Lundberg clearing the height and taking the meet win.
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This is the first time three Lopes have won weekly conference awards on the same week since February 12.
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