COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — University of New Mexico senior Adam Cotton has been named Mountain West Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for meets contested from February 5-6.
Cotton, originally from Penkridge, England, ran a time of 1 minute. 51.61 seconds in the men's 800-meter run to place second overall and first collegiately at the New Mexico Classic & Multis this past weekend at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
After racing competitively just twice in the last two years, Cotton raced the 800 in back-to-back weeks. His most recent clocking, which is converted from 1:52.