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Glenn receives honor for Texas sized performance

Running against a field of competition that numbered more than 60 athletes, sophomore Brianna Glenn entered the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays as one of the favorites to win the 100-meter dash.

To do this, though, Glenn had to face some of the toughest competition in the land, as most of the top track and field programs in the country competed in the relays.

Glenn beat the competition and won the 100m, and for her outstanding performance - in winning the 100m and helping the Arizona 4x100m relay team to a sixth place finish - Glenn earned the Pacific 10 Conference's women's track and field Athlete of the Week.

"It's an honor because there are so many good athletes in the Pac-10 who had great weekends as well," Glenn said on receiving the award.

This is Glenn's second major honor this year, as she was awarded the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Female (MPSF) Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year for her showing at the MPSF Championships, Feb. 25-26th.

Glenn's time of 11.24 seconds would be the current school record, but due to a wind blowing in at a speed of 2.8 meters per second (roughly 5.25 mph), the time will not stand as an official record. It does go down as the seventh fastest wind-aided time in Pac-10 history.

"It was definitely my best race so far," Glenn said.

Glenn's sprinting coach Fred Harvey was also very proud of his young runner's performance this past weekend.

"Her performance at Texas speaks volumes of her ability," Harvey said. "I don't think she realizes what she had accomplished."

Glenn's success was accomplished by outrunning every female athlete that competed in the 100m, including athletes on the collegiate level but also professionals who were invited to the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

The winner of the Texas Relay Invitational professional level field, Lakeisha Backus, finished with a time of 11.28 seconds, which was .04 seconds slower than Glenn's.

Harvey also acknowledges that Glenn's achievement came before a crowd of over 25,000 people, in addition to defeating hometown favorite, University of Texas sophomore Lakeesha White, who had held the fastest time during the outdoor season coming in. White ran an impressive 11.27 but could not overtake Glenn.

"She (Glenn) went into the Texas Relays and beat two very good runners on their home track, in front of their home crowd," Harvey said.

The other athlete Harvey refers to was freshman Aleah Williams, who finished third behind Glenn, and White with a time of 11.29.

Next up for Glenn will be to travel back to Texas to compete in the Sierra Providence Health Network UTEP Invitational in El Paso this Saturday.