All-Mountain West Conference Indoor Track and Field Teams Announced

March 3, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West Conference announced its Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field all-Conference teams today. All-conference selections are awarded to the top three finishers in each event.

On Saturday, the Conference announced the MWC Men's and Women's Coaches of The Year, High Point and Outstanding Performance award recipients. This year's MWC Men's Coach of the Year award was a three-way tie between Air Force's Ralph Lindeman, BYU's Mark Robison and Wyoming's Don Yentes. Lindeman received his third career accolade, while Robison received his fourth and Yentes received his second. On the women's side, TCU's Darryl Anderson became the first Horned Frog coach to be honored with coach of the year accolades.

Wyoming junior Jake Shanklin earned the MWC Men's Outstanding Performance award after securing his second consecutive title with an automatic qualifying mark of 71'-01.25" (21.67m) in the weight throw. His distance is also third-best in men's championship history. Clocking a time of 7.30 in the women's 60-meter dash, TCU senior Virgil Hodge was crowned with this year's MWC Women's Outstanding Performance award. Hodge's time provisionally qualifies her for the NCAA Championships, ranks tied for third-best in MWC championship history and earned her a second-consecutive conference title in the event.

Jeremiah James, a Wyoming freshman, became the second Cowboy to earn the MWC Men's High Point award with 21 points. James took the title in the long jump, placed third in the high jump and finished in fourth in the triple jump. The women's award went to San Diego State senior Karoline Koehler, who racked up 28 points competing in four championship events. She posted a runner-up finish in the triple jump, finished third in the 60-meter dash and came in fourth in the 200-meter dash. Koehler also placed sixth in the high jump.

Below is a list of individual awards as well as the men's and women's all-MWC selections with events participated in at the 2008 Mountain West Conference Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo. The BYU men captured their sixth straight title, while the TCU women took home their first MWC championship crown.