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May 14, 2004
Eagles grab five titles at GLVC Outdoor Championships,
Men finish fifth/Women finish sixth
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The University of Southern Indiana men’s and women’s track and field teams took home five titles and had six competitors earn a total of seven All-GLVC awards at the GLVC Outdoor Championships Thursday and Friday. The Screaming Eagles’ men’s squad finished fifth with a total of 60 points, while the women’s squad finished sixth with a total of 68 points.
Junior Jesse Davis (Bloomington, Indiana) and senior Doug Schwartz (Centralia, Illinois) led the men’s squad. Davis finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and second in the 800 meters, while Schwartz finished first in the 5,000 meters and third in the 1,500 meters.
Davis and Schwartz earned All-GLVC honors for their first-place performances, while Davis also earned All-GLVC honors in the 800 meters.
Sophomore Heather Cooksey (Brownsburg, Indiana) led the women’s squad with a school and conference-record in the 3,000 meters. Cooksey met an NCAA II automatic qualifying standard with her first-place time of nine minutes, 33.71 seconds.
Sophomore Abby Boberg (Bicknell, Indiana) and freshman Candace Perry (Anderson, Indiana) also recorded first-place finishes. Boberg won the high jump with a mark of five feet, 5 ½ inches, while Perry won the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 2 ¼ inches. Both joined Cooksey in earning All-GLVC honors.
Freshman Natalie Clark (Newburgh, Indiana) became USI’s first sprinter to earn All-GLVC honors and meet an NCAA II provisional qualifying standard. Clark finished second in the 400 meters with a school-record time of 56.25 seconds.
The Eagles will compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships May 27-29 in Walnut, California. Competitors that have met provisional qualifying standards include Davis (steeplechase/800 meters), Schwartz (5,000/1,500 meters), Cooksey (800/1,500/3,000/5,000 meters), Boberg (high jump), Perry (long jump), and Clark (400 meters).
Those six competitors will find out their fate when the final declarations are made next week.
Dan McDonnell,
USI Sports Information
