Men’s basketball
Former New Mexico guard Hugh Greenwood will represent Australia in the 2015 World University Games in South Korea this summer, the Australian team announced Wednesday.
The Boomers are in Pool C with Lithuania, Finland, Japan, France and Chinese Taipei, and will begin play on July 3.
Greenwood is no stranger to international competition. In past years he has represented the Boomers on U-17 and U-19 national teams. Greenwood becomes the first former Lobo to play in the University Games since Cameron Bairstow and Alex Kirk in 2013.
Men’s tennis
Samir Iftikhar ended his UNM tennis career with a 6-1, 6-4 loss to USC’s Jonny Wang in the first round of the NCAA Singles Championships on Wednesday.
“Today his opponent played too well,” Lobo head coach Bart Scott said in a release. “Sam was off his game just enough, and you simply can’t be against a player like Wang. I’m proud of the mental performance, though. He stayed positive and professional and represented Lobo Nation very well.”
Iftikhar finishes his career with an 81-45 singles record.
Track and field
UNM will send 22 individuals and one relay team to the 2015 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Preliminary Championships Competition, which begins this Thursday.
The NCAA revealed the participants last Thursday. The NCAA West Preliminary championships will be held in Austin, Texas.
In order to advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, the athlete or team must earn a top-12 finish in their respective event.
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The men will send 11 athletes to the preliminaries with Allan Hamilton competing in both the long jump and triple jump. The men will also send their 4x100 relay team.
The women will send 11 athletes as well.
