By Nate Lake

Athletics Communications



Mountain West Release



COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – CSU sophomore Mostafa Hassan has been named the Mountain West Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week after breaking the 10-year old CSU men’s outdoor shot put record at the Fum McGraw Quadrangular.



Hassan unleashed a mega toss of 64 feet, 1.25 inches at Friday’s home meet, breaking the former record of 62 feet, 11.25 inches set by Magnus Lohse exactly 10 years prior. Hassan’s throw ranks him second in the NCAA for the outdoor shot put. He also leads the Mountain West in the event by over six feet and is ranked third in the conference for the discus throw after a 163-9 effort on Friday.



Since the beginning of the 2015-16 indoor season, Hassan has won four of the five shot put competitions in which he has competed. The weekly accolade from the conference is the first of his career.



Colorado State will split into three squads for a busy weekend starting Friday. A handful of distance athletes will head to the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, while a few distance athletes and throwers will compete at the Stanford Invitational. The majority of the team will head to Pueblo, Colo., for the CSU-Pueblo Pack Classic.