PHILADELPHIA (December 21, 2000) - Temple's Rob Lythgoe (Lester, Pa./Monsignor

Bonner), a member of the track team, was chosen as the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the week. This was

announced on Wednesday, December 13.

Lythgoe won the one-mile run at the Princeton Invitational on Sunday, December

9, with a time of 4:16.76, a top score in the Atlantic 10. He finished second

in the mile at the Bucknell Invitational on December 2, with a time of

4:10.07. Lythgoe also claimed the 1,000 meter run at the Bucknell Invitational

(2:36.21), the second-fastest time in the conference.

Lythgoe, a Temple law student, participated in track and field while earning his undergraduate degree at Notre Dame.