Four track and field student-athletes have been recognized with Lone Star Conference Athlete of the Week honors for competition last week, league officials announced today.

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LSC TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
LSC Men's Track Athlete of the Week
Daniel Maina, Abilene Christian University, Jr., Distance runner, Nanyuki, Kenya/Ngumo High School    
Maina extended ACU's winning streak in the 3000 meter Steeplechase at the Penn Relays to three straight years as he won the event last Thursday with a time of 8:40.46. ... Maina's time is an automatic qualifying time for next month's NCAA Division II track and field championship meet, and it is the top time in NCAA Division II track and field this season. ... Maina's time, in fact, is the second-best collegiate time in the country this year, just behind the 8:38.33 turned in earlier this month by Luke Gunn of Florida State. ... Maina has also automatically qualified for the national meet in the 1500 meters, and is a provisional qualifier in the 800 meters. ... Former ACU standout Nicodemus Naimadu won the steeplechase at the Penn Relays in 2006 and 2007.

LSC Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Davy Manga, Abilene Christian University, Sr., Triple Jumper, Paris, France/Lycee Pierre Menoles    
Manga finished second in the triple jump Saturday at the Penn Relays Carnival, extending his own NCAA Division II season-best mark in the event to 53-6.25. ... Manga, last year's outdoor national champion in the triple jump, was topped by TCU's Jonathan Jackson on his final jump of the competition. ... Manga's mark is the second-best collegiate mark in the nation in 2008.

LSC Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Chrystal Ruiz, Angelo State University, So., Hurdles, Lakehills, Texas/Bandera HS    
Ruiz recorded the top time in the 100-meter hurdles for the Rambelles this season as she placed fifth in the event at the North Texas Twilight Invitational on Thursday. She recorded a personal best time of 14.68 in the event.

Co-LSC Women's Field Athlete of the Week
La'Shara Jefferson, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Jr., Throws, Lancaster, Texas/Louisiana-Monroe/Lancaster HS    At the Mean Green Twilight, last Thursday, she won the discus with an improvement on her NCAA-provisional mark with a throw of 159-4. The throw is the second-best currently in Division II.

Laryssa Hice, Angelo State University, Fr., Jumps, Aspermont, Texas/Aspermont HS    
Hice placed third in the high jump at the North Texas Twilight Invitational on Thursday with a personal best jump of 5'3". Her mark was the best by a Rambelle in the event this season.