January 23, 2005
Eagles win 11 events in season-opener
Perry, Cooksey set NCAA qualifying marks
Results
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—The University of Southern Indiana men’s and women’s track and field teams recorded 11 first-place finishes Saturday at the Rose-Hulman Engineer Quad. The Screaming Eagles would have won the team championships, but were not scored in the team competition.
Sophomore sprinter Natalie Clark (Newburgh, Indiana) and junior All-American Heather Cooksey (Brownsburg, Indiana) led the women’s squad with a pair of first-place finishes, while senior Doug Schwartz (Centralia, Illinois) led the men’s squad with a pair of first-place finishes.
Cooksey set an NCAA II provisional qualifying time with her performance in the mile. She finished the race in four minutes, 58.93 seconds.
Sophomore long jumper Candace Perry (Anderson, Indiana) nearly set an NCAA II automatic qualifying mark with her first-place leap of 19 feet, 11 ½ inches. Perry’s provisional mark sets an indoor school record and is the second-best mark in the country this season.
In all, the Eagles set six school records Saturday, with Clark setting marks in the women’s 200 and 400 meters and sophomore Missy Burgin (Sellersburg, Indiana) setting the school-record in the women’s 1,000 meters.
Junior sprinters Tim Bill (Ft. Wayne, Indiana) and Brad Orndorff (Greenfield, Indiana) also set school records in the men’s 200 meters and the men’s 55-meter hurdles, respectively.
USI will return to action Friday and Saturday when it travels to Bloomington, Indiana, to take part in the Hoosier Relays.
Dan McDonnell,
USI Sports Information
