USI shows well at GLVC Outdoor Track & Field Championships By Aaron Hancock | May 8, 2021 at 11:51 PM CDT - Updated May 9 at 1:24 AM
ROLLA, MO. (WFIE) - Junior distance runner Jennifer Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana) won a conference title and picked up two All-League honors to lead University of Southern Indiana Women’s Track & Field to a fourth-place finish at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships Saturday.
Comastri began the day with a second-place finish in the finals of the 1,500 meters, earning second-team All-Conference honors in the process. She finished the day with a first-place showing in the 5,000 meters, earning first-team All-GLVC honors and capturing her first-career GLVC Outdoor title with a time of 17 minutes, 20.07 seconds.
USI track & field shines at Bellarmine By Aaron Hancock | April 11, 2021 at 9:47 PM CDT - Updated April 12 at 12:42 AM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WFIE) - University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field had eight top-five outings including four Screaming Eagles recording NCAA II provisional qualifying marks in the 10,000 meters alone at the Jim Vargo Invitational April 9-10.
Freshman Titus Winders went out quick and maintained his pace on the way to a fifth-place finish of 29 minutes, 51.93 seconds in the 10,000m. Winders’ 10,000m time was good enough for an NCAA II provisional qualifier, puts him 19th in the nation and eighth all-time in the USI record book.
USI menâs & womenâs track & field runs well in Louisville By Aaron Hancock | February 21, 2021 at 12:47 AM CST - Updated February 21 at 4:50 PM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WFIE) - University of Southern Indianaâs Menâs Track & Field leaves the Kentucky Collegiate Indoor Invitational with two individual victories, including an NCAA II provisional qualifying mark for senior Austin Nolan.
Nolan, one of two runners who placed first tonight in his event, blew by the rest of the competitors in the three-thousand-meter run where he crossed the line in eight minutes, 17.69 seconds. Nolan crossed the line first and was followed by junior teammate Titus Winders next in second in a respectable time of 8:27.12.