January 30, 2004 Athletics
Story
Harris Earns Big
West Player of the Week Honor Again
Aggie basketball
player also named USU Athlete of the Week
 Utah
State basketball player Nate
Harris was named the Big West Conference Player of the Week
for the second week in a row as well as the Utah State Athlete
of the Week for his performance in Utah State's two road victories
on Thursday and Saturday [Jan. 22 and 24].
The conference award is selected by the league media relations
directors, while the Utah State honor is voted on by a state-wide
media panel.
Harris moved into a starting role in place of the injured Spencer
Nelson last week and averaged 23.5 points and 7.5 rebounds while
shooting 76.0 percent from the field to lead Utah State to road
wins at Cal State Fullerton (57-49) and UC Riverside (62-58).
(read
full story)
Three Aggies
Win Events At Air Force Track and Field Invitational
Bruhn
produces second-best weight throw performance in Utah State
history
 Utah
State's Ryan
Bruhn produced the second-best performance in school history
in the weight throw, while two Aggie freshman women won events
at the Air Force Track and Field Invitational on Saturday [Jan.
24].
Bruhn won the meet's weight throw with a toss of 63 feet and
11 inches. Former Aggie All-American James Parker is the only
Aggie to have thrown farther than that at Utah State.
Amy
Egan, a freshman Latrobe, Pa., claimed the women's 800-meters
in 2:19.05, while Jennifer
Brown, another freshman from LaPine, Ore, edged teammate
Alana
Geisler in winning the pole vault with a mark of 11-07.75.
Becky Tueller was third in the 200-meters (25.37) and fifth
in the 400-meters (58.10) for the Utah State women, while Kelli
Burton added a runner-up finish in the shot put with a mark
of 51-03.
As a team, the women finished fifth among 13 squads, while the
Aggie men were ninth out of 13. Both Colorado State's men and
women took the team titles.
Utah State will host its own Wilson Motor Invitational at the
Nelson Fieldhouse Saturday, Jan. 31. (read
full results)
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