Former Davis High athlete Courtney Wayment represented Northern Utah on the Governor’s State of Sport Awards for 2022, introduced by the Utah Sports Commission on Thursday night time at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

Wayment was named the state’s collegiate feminine athlete of the yr for profitable the person nationwide championship within the 3,000-meter steeplechase whereas operating for BYU on the NCAA observe and area championships.

Wayment ran a 9:16.00, setting a brand new girls’s collegiate document.

The Utah Sports Commission was created to retain Utah’s Olympic legacy and to assist improve Utah’s financial system, picture, and high quality of life by means of the attraction, promotion, and growth of nationwide and worldwide sports activities.

Other winners awarded Thursday night time are listed under.

Legacy Award: Al Mansell (former state senator), Robert Garff (founding member of Utah Sports Commission, chair of 2002 Olympic organizing committee)

State of Sport Award: Natalie Williams (girls’s basketball star, Utah native, Olympic gold medalist), Apolo Ohno (speedskater who starred in 2002 Olympics)

High School Female Athlete of the Year: Teya Sidberry (Judge Memorial basketball participant who grew to become the state’s all-time scoring chief)

High School Male Athlete of the Year: Jackson Brousseau (four-time state champion throughout three sports activities at Lehi High School)

Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year: Courtney Wayment

Collegiate Male Athlete of the Year: Clark Phillips III (Utah soccer defensive again, anticipated excessive NFL draft choose this summer season)

Team of the Year: University of Utah girls’s ski workforce (received third consecutive nationwide championship)

Coach of the Year: Kyle Whittingham (University of Utah soccer)

Lewis Feild Memorial Award (rodeo): Scott Anderson (longtime Utah rodeo advocate and chief)

Professional Female Athlete of the Year: Gina Magana (Utah Falconz girls’s soccer)

Professional Male Athlete of the Year: Tony Finau (skilled golfer)

Adaptive Athlete of the Year: Matthew Brewer (U.S. Paralympic alpine snowboarding)

Olympic Team of the Year: Aerials gold medalists

Highlight of the Year: UFC “The Kick Heard ‘Round the World” (Leon Edwards knockout kick at Salt Lake City UFC occasion)

Event of the Year: IRONMAN World Championship (St. George hosts first IRONMAN World Championship exterior Hawaii)

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