SEATTLE (Mar. 26) -- Standout middle-distance runner Rachel Ross of Seattle Pacific University was chosen as the Pacific West Conference women's track & field athlete of the week after running the fastest 1500-meter time in NCAA Division II this season.

At Davis, Calif., Saturday, Ross (Jr., Kennewick, Wa.) won her fourth straight race, using a final-lap kick to defeat Washington's Anna Aoki by 1.90 seconds, in 4 minutes, 33.64 seconds. Ross also owns the top Div. II time in the 800 (2:08.68).

This is her second PacWest weekly award in the past month and last week SPU pole vaulter Ally Studer earned the award with a school-record clearance.