Falcons sweep conference weekly awards

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Sophomore Travis Picou and senior Dana Pounds were named the Mountain West Conference Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week,  league officials announced April 11. It is the first career award for Picou, while Pounds collected two such honors last season.

Picou set Academy records in the 100- and 200-meter dash on the way to two individual wins at the Colorado Invitational in Boulder, Colo., last week. His regional qualifying time of 10.46 in the 100-meter dash broke the Air Force record of 10.52, which stood for nearly 18 years.

Picou’s time of 20.73 in the 200-meter dash is the third fastest mark on the all-time MWC list, as well as the top time in the conference this season, and fifth fastest in the nation. His time shattered the previous Falcon school record 20.96, set in 2000. Picou also ran a leg of the winning 4x400 meter relay team, which crossed the finish line in 3:15.36.

Pounds brought home the event title in the javelin throw at the Colorado Invitational. Her season-best throw of 186’10” topped the runner-up by 55 feet and is currently the top throw in the nation. Pounds’ mark in the javelin also is tops in the MWC by 40 feet and is just off of her Academy and conference record of 188’8”, set last season.