Warriors' Abraham Alvarado and Wildcats' Lora James Tabbed CCAA T&F Athletes of the Week
San Ramon – Stanislaus State's Abraham Alvarado and Chico State's Lora James were tabbed the California Collegiate Athletic Association Track and Field Athletes of the Week, for the week of Apr. 4-10.
Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Week
Warriors' Alvarado regained the national lead in the 800-meter run after a career performance at the 37th Annual Suna Angel Classic at Arizona State on Saturday.
After entering the week at No. 2, Alvarado surpassed St. Augustine's Shaquille Dill for the nations top spot after running a career-best time of 1:47.23 in the event. He remains just one of three 800 runner to have automatically qualified for the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships.
Alvarado also took park in the men's 4x400-meter relay where his team won their heat and finished fifth overall with a time of 3:16.18.
Others Nominated:
Chris Jaeger, Chico State
Kianti Gix, Humboldt State
Khallifah Rosser, Cal State LA
Ruben Dominguez, Cal Poly Pomona
| CCAA Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Week |
| Feb. 15-21 |
Paul Doan (UC San Diego) |
| Feb. 22-28 |
Aaron Martin (Chico State) |
| Feb. 29-Mar. 6 |
Matt Bowen (UC San Diego) |
| Mar. 7-13 |
Gary Randolph (Stanislaus State) |
| Mar. 14-20 |
Abraham Alvarado (Stanislaus State) |
| Mar. 21-27 |
Khallifah Rosser (Cal State LA) |
| Mar. 28-Apr. 3 |
Will Reyes (Chico State) |
| Apr. 4-10 |
Abraham Alvarado (Stanislaus State) |
Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week
A middle-distance runner from Redding, James turned a pair of outstanding performances this past weekend at the Wildcat-hosted Chico Distance Carnival and Twilight Invitational.
She took top honors in both the 800-meter run and 1,500-meter run, while also earning NCAA Provisional Qualifying marks in both races. Her personal-best time of 2:10.12 in the 800-meters is currently the fastest among all CCAA runners this season and is fifth among all Division II runners.
Saturday, she recorded another personal-best in the 1,500-meters with a time of 4:30.08, which is ranked third in the CCAA and is eighth in the nation.
Others Nominated:
Megan Thompson, Cal State LA
Tiffany Tate, Cal Poly Pomona
| CCAA Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week |
| Feb. 15-21 |
Haley Libuit (UC San Diego) |
| Feb. 22-28 |
Brooke Whitburn (Chico State) |
| Feb. 29-Mar. 6 |
Chrissi Carr (UC San Diego) |
| Mar. 7-13 |
Ariel Oliver (Humboldt State) |
| Mar. 14-20 |
Channing Wilson (Stanislaus State) |
| Mar. 21-27 |
Nicole Uikilifi (San Francisco State) |
| Mar. 28-Apr. 3 |
McCall Habermehl (Chico State) |
| Apr. 4-10 |
Lora James (Chico State) |