Despite the suspensions of two of its top sprinters, the BYU men's track and field team held off Texas-El Paso to win yet another Western Athletic Conference track and field championship. The Cougars scored 245 points to capture their sixth straight WAC title, with UTEP a distant second at 185. Utah finished fourth.
The BYU women's team, meanwhile, won another High Country Athletic Conference title with 201 points, leaving the Cougars well ahead of runner-up New Mexico with 141. Utah State finished third with 133.
In the WAC meet, Scott Moon, a guard on the BYU basketball team who was competing in track and field for the first time in four years, won the high jump with a leap of 7 feet, 1/2 inch, and Frank Fredericks tied for first in the 100-meter dash. Shaun McAlmont, who because of injuries had run only two races all year, was second in the high hurdles and fourth in the intermediates. Brian Mitchell, a defensive back on loan from the football team, was a surprising third in the 100.
On the women's side, BYU's Cathy James and Anna Mosdell finished 1-2 in the discus. Teammate Elizabeth Katoa won the 1,500 and Chris Wilson captured the high jump. Laura Zaugg, the heptathlon champion, won the 400 hurdles ahead of teammate Kathy Gordon. Another Cougar, Leanne Whitesides, won the 5,000-meter run.