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Mountain West Conference Names Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week Air Force's David Lissy and Wyoming's Shaylee Babbitt Awarded
Feb. 26, 2008 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Air Force senior David Lissy and Wyoming senior Shaylee Babbitt have been selected as the Mountain West Conference Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively. Lissy, from Sandpoint, Idaho, won the shot put at the Robert Shine Invitational last weekend held in Laramie, Wyo. His 57'-0.75" (17.39m) throw was a career-best and put him in first place for the event in the league heading into the Conference championships this weekend. The mark was also long enough to move into fourth place all-time in Air Force history. Babbitt, while also competing in the Robert Shine Invitational, ran the 55-meter hurdles in 7.84 seconds to take the meet title. Her performance ties four-time All-American fellow Cowgirl Shauna Smith for the venue record at the War Memorial Field House, and ranks as the second-fastest time in the event in Wyoming history. Hailing from Yoder, Wyo., Babbitt's time was a career-best and her converted 60-meter time (8.45) now ranks first in the league. This marks Lissy's first career weekly honor and the first time an Air Force student-athlete has won the award this season. Babbitt also receives her first career weekly honor and represents Wyoming's only female student-athlete to earn the award this season. Mountain West Conference Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week
Date Men Women
Jan. 15 Jonathan Jackson, Sr., TCU Virgil Hodge, Sr., TCU
Jan. 22 Jake Shanklin, Jr., Wyoming Lekeisha Lawson, Jr., UNLV
Jan. 28 Kyle Perry, Jr., BYU Carlee Clark-Platt, Sr., BYU
Feb. 5 Kyle Perry, Jr., BYU Virgil Hodge, Sr., TCU
Jake Shanklin, Jr., Wyoming
Feb. 12 Lee Emanuel, Jr., New Mexico Decontee Kaye, Jr., San Diego State
Feb. 19 Kyle Perry, Jr., BYU Neidra Covington, So., TCU
Feb. 26 David Lissy, Sr., Air Force Shaylee Babbitt, Sr., Wyoming
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