If the UTEP women's track team is to win a Conference USA title this weekend, if they go to Murfreesboro and upset homestanding Middle Tennessee, Rice and Western Kentucky, it will be because of athletes like all-purpose thrower Fayon Gonzales.
Starting next week, the focus will shift toward national stars like Tobi Amusan and Jonah Koech and the regional meet, and they should be standing on medal stands this weekend, but a big C-USA meet from a three-eventer like Gonzales will be key for all the Miner women to crowd together on that stand.
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