Stacie Lifferth Runs to USU Athlete of the Week Honor

Feb. 13, 2007

LOGAN — Utah State University runner Stacie Lifferth's record-setting performance was good enough to earn her the Utah State Athlete of the Week honor it was announced Tuesday [Feb. 13, 2007]. Lifferth won in a split vote with three other Aggie athletes who had outstanding weeks.

 

Lifferth, a junior from Northridge High School in Layton, Utah, recorded a time of 9:51.99 in the 3,000 meters at the Husky Invitational at the University of Washington on Saturday [Feb. 10]. That beat the former school record of 9:54.44, which was set in 1992 by former Aggie All-American Alisa Nicodemus.

 

Earlier this season Lifferth won the 3,000 at the Washington State Invitational. Last year, she recorded the second-best 3,000-meter steeplechase time in school history (10:31.95), and owns four school top-10 times in addition to the indoor 3,000 and outdoor steeplechase. She has the fifth-best indoor mile and ninth-best outdoor 1,500 times.

 

Utah State will compete in the WAC Championships set for Feb. 22-24 at Boise, Idaho.

 

 

Basketball: Jaycee Carroll — junior guard scored 28 points on 11-of-19 shooting and added eight rebounds and three assists in USU's win at Idaho.

 

Women's Basketball: Brittany Phillips — the senior, forward from Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah, tallied career highs of 25 points and 12 rebounds in Monday's 68-51 win at New Mexico State. She then added a team-high 12 points in Saturday's 57-53 win at Idaho, helping Utah State win back-to-back road games for the first time since Nov. 2004. Phillips hit a season-high three three-pointers in Monday's win as well.

 

Gymnastics: Meagan Lewis — against fourth-ranked Utah, she fueled the Aggies to their season-high team score as she finished in third-place in the all-around with a 39.025. Won the all-around at home against Boise State [Feb. 1] with a score of 39.025, with high scores on bars (9.800) and the floor (9.800).

 

Softball: Amy Schaible — hit two home runs in USU's first four games of the season. She recorded multiple hits in three of the four games as the Aggies went 2-2 to open the year.

 

Men's Tennis: Michael Banks — won both his singles match and his doubles match in USU loss to Weber State. He improved to 2-1 in both singles and doubles on the season. Is playing number six singles this season.

 

Women's Tennis: Courtney Anderson — Playing number one singles, she extended a five-match winning streak with a victory against UC Riverside. She then suffered her first loss on the season losing to a UNLV All-American the next day.

 

Men's Track: Dasheek Akwenye — posted a conference-leading mark at the Boise State Invitational in the 400-meters with a time of 48.20 which tied him for seventh-place in the Utah State record books. He was also part of the men's 4x400 relay team that made their way into the Utah State record books posting a time of 3:14.32, second all-time.

 

 

Aug. 28 - Amanda Nielson, Volleyball

Sept. 5 - Amanda Nielson, Volleyball

Sept. 11 - Marcus Cross, Football

Sept. 18 - Vance Twitchell, Cross Country

Sept. 25 - Erin Salmon, Soccer

Oct. 2 - Preston Otte, Golf

Oct. 9 - Riley Nelson, Football

Oct. 16 - Kelsi Peterson, Volleyball

Oct. 23 - Paul Igboeli, Football

Oct. 30 - Vance Twitchell, Cross Country

Nov. 6 - Charity Weston, Soccer

Nov. 13 - Beth Hodge, Volleyball

Nov. 20 - Jaycee Carroll, Basketball

Nov. 27 - Jaycee Carroll, Basketball

Dec. 4 - Jaycee Carroll, Basketball

Dec. 11 - Jaycee Carroll, Basketball

Dec. 18 - Chris Sessions, Basketball

Jan. 8 - Taylor Richards, Women's Basketball

Jan. 15 - Jaycee Carroll, Basketball

Jan. 22 - Amber Peterson, Women's Track

Jan. 29 - Jessica Parenti-Otte, Gymnastics

Feb. 5 - Jaycee Carroll, Basketball

Feb. 12 - Stacie Lifferth, Women's Track

 

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