SEATTLE (Apr. 16) ­ Seattle Pacific University sprinter NyEma Sims was chosen as the track and field athlete of the week in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference following her record-breaking performances at the Mount SAC Relays.

Sims (Fr., Portland, Or./Jefferson) broke the 20-year-old school record in the 200 meters and achieved the No. 2 all-time mark in the 100. Both marks bettered her GNAC records set earlier this season.

She won her 200 heat in 23.99 seconds and took eighth overall in the university division. It broke the SPU standard of 24.31, set by Anita Sartin in 1987. Sims was fourth (second in her heat) in the 100 in a time of 11.90 seconds, a time which ranks second in SPU history to Shavonne Colebrooke's 11.79 in 1996.

Sims will run again Saturday at the Oregon Invitational in Eugene.