Farmer Named Big West Men’s Field Athlete of the Week

IRVINE, Calif. – Senior Josh Farmer has been named The Big West Men’s Field Athlete of the Week the conference office announced Tuesday afternoon. Farmer was recognized after finishing with a personal-record and NCAA qualifying score of 7,703 points in the decathlon at the Bryan Clay Invitational, April 11-12. His mark ranks first in The Big West, second in school history, third in the region and fourth in the nation. During the two-day, 10-event competition, Farmer set lifetime bests in the long jump (7.34m/24-1) and high jump (1.96m/6-5), while registering season bests in the 100m (10.75), 400m (48.52) and 1500m…