Lethbridge, AB – The Two Guys and a Pizza Place Pronghorn Athletes of the Week for the week ending February 5, 2017.
Male Athlete of the Week:
Mitch Maxwell– Men’s Hockey
With his team’s playoff hopes hanging in the balance, assistant captain Mitch Maxwell was in on all five of the Lethbridge Pronghorns goals scored in a weekend split with the sixth ranked Alberta Golden Bears in Edmonton.
The Magrath, Alberta product set up the lone Pronghorn goal Friday night in a 2-1 loss to the Golden Bears. The next night Maxwell was a one-man show registering a hat trick and setting up the overtime winning goal in the Pronghorn 4-3 win.
The win maintained the Pronghorns two-point lead over the UBC Thunderbirds for the final playoff spot in Canada West with one weekend to play.
Maxwell was also named the Canada West male second star of the week.
With five points, Maxwell moved into a tie for fourth in Canada West scoring and he leads the conference in assists this season with 20.
The Pronghorns can clinch their first post-season berth since the 2011-12 season with a single win during the last weekend of the regular season, hosting the U Sports second ranked Saskatchewan Huskies.
Female Athlete of the Week:
Lara Roth – Women’s Track
Fourth-year thrower Lara Roth continued her strong start to the indoor track season setting a personal best and returning home from the Bison Classic in Winnipeg with two podium finishes.
During Friday’s weight throw event, Roth set a new personal best en route to winning the event. Her throw of 14.95 metres won the event by 31-centimetres and is now ranked third in the Canada West rankings and 10th in the U Sports rankings.
Saturday, Roth was third in the shot put with a furthest throw of 11.89 metres. With three weeks until the Canada West Championships, Roth now sits in fifth place in the Canada West rankings.
Roth and the rest of the Pronghorn track and field athletes will compete in their final meet before the conference meet this weekend, travelling to Edmonton to compete in the Golden Bear Challenge.
The Canada West Championships will be hosted the University of Regina, February 24th and 25th.
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