Cait Rowland and Kolcie Bates — track and field
The track and field team split to compete in two different competitions over the weekend. One of the competitions, the War VII hosted by Spokane Community College, saw two individual wins and multiple career best marks set. The two wins came on the women’s side, as Cait Rowland won the 100-meter hurdles and Kolcie Bates took first place in the discus throw. Rowland, a senior from Gig Harbor, Wash., finished first place with a time of 15.26 seconds. Bates, a freshman from Weiser, Idaho, threw 141-5 to take Idaho’s second victory of the day. Things start to pick up for the Vandals with three different meets this week.
Stacey Barr — women’s basketball
Basketball season has been over for almost a month, but Stacey Barr continues to rack up awards. Most recently, the junior from Melbourne, Australia, was honored as the North Idaho Hall of Fame’s Female College Athlete of the Year. This comes after leading the Vandals in scoring with 18.2 points per game, and rebounding with 7.7 rounds per game. She adds that to other accolades this year including being named the WAC Player of the Year and WAC Tournament MVP. Barr and her teammates were also named the North Idaho Hall of Fame Team of the Year after going 25-9 and making it to the second straight NCAA Tournament.
Rita Bermudez — women’s tennis
The Vandal women’s tennis team had a big weekend as they competed in three separate matches and walked away with two wins by beating UTEP in El Paso, Texas, and Arkansas State in Las Cruces, N.M.. A large factor in both of those matches was the play of sophomore Rita Bermudez. Coming off of a WAC Player of the Week award the previous week, she continued her hot streak with a 2-0 singles record and 2-0 doubles record with her partner Galina Bykova in the two matches. Idaho has two more matches against Oregon and Montana, before they travel back down to Las Cruces for the WAC Championships starting April 25.
Matt Linehan — football
The Vandals held their second spring scrimmage on Friday and fans of offensive explosions were not disappointed. This scrimmage turned into a shootout with the offense going over 1,000 yards. A big part of the offense was redshirt freshman quarterback Matt Linehan. Linehan, who is in a position battle with incumbent starter Chad Chalich, was impressive as he completed 33 of 52 passes and racked up 401 yards passing. He also threw eight touchdowns. Coach Paul Petrino was happy with the progress that he has seen from Linehan and the rest of the Idaho team. “Overall, walking off the field I felt good,” Petrino said. “We have some guys who are really playing hard. There was a lot of hitting; a lot of big-time plays. We’re a lot better now. We have two more weeks to get even better.”