NEW ORLEANS – Sun Devil senior Magdalyn Ewen and Arizona State throws coach Brian Blutreich received regional honors from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for their outstanding achievements during the indoor season, the organization announced Monday.
Ewen was named as the West Region's top women's field athlete based on her record-setting performances throughout the winter months.
She opened her season by setting the ASU record in the indoor shot put, but went on to break it and the school's weight throw record en route to clinching a place in the NCAA Indoor Championships before the halfway point in the season.
The Minnesota Native earned the MPSF's highest honor of the season when she was named Women's Athlete of the Meet for her historic sweep of the weight throw and shot put at the conference championships. The shot put win also came with a meet and Dempsey Indoor Facility record.
At the Don Kirby Elite in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Ewen recorded the best shot put mark in the world this year, and moved to No. 3 on the NCAA's all-time list.
With Ewen throwing herself into the top-three, she became one of just four women to record marks of 19 meters or more in collegiate history. Outside of current NCAA record-holder Raven Saunders, the other three women to have achieved the mark were all coached by Blutreich.
Blutreich's throwers were crucial to the Sun Devils' scoring at the MPSF Championships as they picked 25 of the women's team's 35 points at the conference meet.
Besides Ewen, who took gold in both events, Samantha Noennig and Kaylee Antill each scored in the shot put and weight throw, respectively.
The redshirt freshman Noennig nearly advanced to the NCAA Championships as she came into the final weekend of qualification just a few centimeters off the final qualifying mark, but she still managed to throw herself into the Sun Devil record books in her first season of competition.
Ewen and Blutreich both head to the NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend in College Station, Texas, where Ewen will compete in the shot put and weight throw, seeking her first indoor national title.
Ewen was named as the West Region's top women's field athlete based on her record-setting performances throughout the winter months.
She opened her season by setting the ASU record in the indoor shot put, but went on to break it and the school's weight throw record en route to clinching a place in the NCAA Indoor Championships before the halfway point in the season.
The Minnesota Native earned the MPSF's highest honor of the season when she was named Women's Athlete of the Meet for her historic sweep of the weight throw and shot put at the conference championships. The shot put win also came with a meet and Dempsey Indoor Facility record.
At the Don Kirby Elite in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Ewen recorded the best shot put mark in the world this year, and moved to No. 3 on the NCAA's all-time list.
With Ewen throwing herself into the top-three, she became one of just four women to record marks of 19 meters or more in collegiate history. Outside of current NCAA record-holder Raven Saunders, the other three women to have achieved the mark were all coached by Blutreich.
#ForksUp for our own @MagdalynMaeEwen and coach Brian Blutreich for their @USTFCCCA regional honors! ??????
— Sun Devil TFXC (@SunDevilTFXC) March 5, 2018
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Blutreich's throwers were crucial to the Sun Devils' scoring at the MPSF Championships as they picked 25 of the women's team's 35 points at the conference meet.
Besides Ewen, who took gold in both events, Samantha Noennig and Kaylee Antill each scored in the shot put and weight throw, respectively.
The redshirt freshman Noennig nearly advanced to the NCAA Championships as she came into the final weekend of qualification just a few centimeters off the final qualifying mark, but she still managed to throw herself into the Sun Devil record books in her first season of competition.
Ewen and Blutreich both head to the NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend in College Station, Texas, where Ewen will compete in the shot put and weight throw, seeking her first indoor national title.