EUGENE, Ore. — University of New Mexico track & field athlete Courtney Frerichs has earned NCAA Division I Mountain Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year honors, as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Monday.
Frerichs, a senior from Nixa, Missouri, by way of UMKC, owns the NCAA's top time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase this year and picked up the second regional athlete of the year honor of her career.
Last month, Frerichs posted a personal-record time of 9 minutes, 29.