The Cougars now return home to prepare for the Mountain West Conference Championships beginning next week. The team will travel to Laramie, Wyo., in hopes of defending their men's and women's conference titles.

TRACK AND FIELD: Junior Kari McAllister-Clark earned Mountain West Conference Athlete of the Week honors after breaking the BYU pole vault record on Friday at the BYU Tri-Meet in Provo.

McAllister-Clark won the women's pole vault event with an NCAA regional qualifying mark of 13'-9.75. The Fair Oaks, Calif., native ranks ninth in the nation and third on the MWC All-Time record list.

MEN'S GOLF: Two BYU golfers have been selected to compete at the 2009 NCAA West Regionals May 14-16 at the Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, Calif.

Juniors Brady Johnson and Robbie Fillmore will represent BYU as individual golfers after the Cougars' team fell just short of qualifying for a spot.

"We had our good moments this year, but just didn't play well enough at some of our tournaments to qualify,""said head coach Bruce Brockbank. ""We hope for the best from Robbie and Brady and that they will represent themselves and our program well at regionals.""

Six 54-hole regional tournaments will be conducted. Thirteen teams and 10 individuals not on those teams will compete at each of three regionals, while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams. The lowest five teams and lowest individual from each regional will advance to the NCAA Finals scheduled May 26-30 at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.

"They're kind of a lump on a log out there and it's harder to advance to finals, but if they play like we know they can, they'll have a shot," Brockbank said. "It will be a good experience for them and a neat thing to be a part of. Lake Merced is a difficult course and will be a challenge for everyone.""

Johnson was recently named All-Conference after leading BYU with a 72.85 stroke average, which ranked 13th among all MWC golfers. The Mill Bay, British Columbia native is coming off a strong year in which he finished in the Top 10 at three different tournaments and had one other Top-20 performance.