NEW ORLEANS—Senior Shalaya Kipp, concluding her stellar at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships later this week, was named the Mountain Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year Monday by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The Salt Lake City native won the Pac-12 championship in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and has also clocked the second-fastest and NCAA leading steeplechase time this year, a 9:39.12 clocked at the Payton Jordan Invitational. She won her heat the NCAA West Preliminaries and is one of the favorites at the NCAA Championships later this week.
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