University of Colorado senior Brent Vaughn was named the Big 12 men's track & field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.

Vaughn ran the top collegiate time in the 5,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational on Sunday night at Stanford University. His time of 13 minutes, 18.46 seconds was second only to Bernard Lagat, the reigning IAAF World Champion. Lagat finished in 13:16.29.

Vaughn's time is also a new CU record, the second best this season by an American and fourth fastest in the world. The top mark is 13:11.99, set by Australia's Craig Mattram. The second best time is by Shadrack Kosger (13:13.51). Both of those times were set on Feb. 21, in Melbourne, Australia.

This is Vaughn's first Big 12 Athlete of the Week honor. Fellow seniors Stephen Pifer and Billy Nelson were also named Big 12 Athletes of the Week for the first time in their careers earlier this season.

This is the first time in the history of the Big 12 that CU had three athletes selected for the weekly honor in one season. The CU women had two winners during the 2005 outdoor season.

Baird, Grady win

CGA Four-Ball

CU teammates Michael Baird and Patrick Grady combined for a 129 total to win the CGA Four-Ball Championship at Legacy Ridge Golf Course and The Heritage at Westmoor on Tuesday.