SAN FRANCISCO – Washington State track and field junior Jared McAlvey was named Pac-12 men's track athlete of the week as announced by the league office Tuesday. The first-career weekly conference accolade for the junior hurdler comes on the heels of McAlvey clocking the fastest 400m hurdles time (50.90) in the nation to win the event this past Saturday in Phoenix at the GCU Invitational.
McAlvey is the just the second Cougar to earn Pac-12 Athlete of the Week honors since 2018, and he is the first since Micaela De Mello was named women's track athlete of the week in the opening week of the 2022 outdoor season.