Silmon And Tanui Named TCU Athletes Of The Week
5/18/2010 12:00:00 AM
Charles Silmon was honored with the Men's Most Outstanding Performer award this past weekend at the 2010 Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships. In the men's 100 meters, Silmon captured the event-title with a personal best time of 10.24 seconds, which set a new MWC Championship record and is currently No. 8 in the West Region and No. 19 in the NCAA. Silmon, a freshman from Waco, just missed his second conference title on the day, earning runner-up accolades with a personal-best time of 20.65 seconds in the 200 meters. In the 200 meters his times rank No. 8 in the West Region and No. 23 in the NCAA.
Tanui shined on Friday, capturing the women's 10,000 meters title with a new complex record time of 36:14.81. By winning the conference title, Tanui, who lapped the entire field, became only the second female in school history to capture gold medal honors in the event. Her time is the third-best time ever recorded in program history. Tanui continued her dominance on the track in the 5,000-meter run, winning her second title of the Mountain West Conference Championships, with a time of 17:21.06.
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