Ostrander And Kerr Earn MW 2018 Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of The Year Honors

– The Mountain West announced today the 2018 Outdoor Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Year awards as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Boise State’s two-time 3,000-meter steeplechase National Championwas selected as the honoree on the women’s side, whileof New Mexico was tabbed the men’s winner. Kerr this spring broke the NCAA 1,500-meter record that had been previously set in 1981.After the 2018 NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Ostrander became only the second-student athlete ever to repeat as champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She joins Colorado’s Jenny Barringer, who accomplished the feat in 2008-09. Ostrander ran a time of 9:39.28, marking the third consecutive year a MW student-athlete has won the national championship in the event. Ostrander finished in eighth-place in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA championships. The Alaska native, won the 5,000-meter run at the 2018 MW championships with a time of 15:44.11.Kerr, during the 2018 outdoor season, was quite impressive as he opened the season by besting Sydney Maree’s (Villanova) 36-year NCAA record in the 1,500-meter run (3:35.01). Kerr went on to win the MW championship in the 1,500 with a time of 3:44.69. At the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Kerr finished first in the second heat of the preliminaries with a time of 3:47.47, and then finished in third-place in the final with a time of 3:45.02. With his performance in the 2018 outdoor season, the Scotland native added USTFCCCA first team honors to his list of accomplishments.During the 2018 outdoor season both Ostrander and Kerr were candidates for The Bowerman, which is awarded annually to the best men’s and women’s track and field athlete.