COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — University of New Mexico track & field senior Allan Hamilton has been named Mountain West Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week for meets contested from January 22-23.
Hamilton, hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland, leaped 24 feet, 9 ½ inches (7.55 meters) in the men's long jump to place second overall and first collegiately at the Cherry & Silver Invitational this past weekend at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
He currently ranks 19th in the NCAA with his mark and leads the Mountain West by over six inches.
His mark also beat the NCAA's second-ranked long jumper, Steven Barze of Southeastern Louisiana, in head-to-head competition after Barze fouled all three of his attempts.