October 4, 2005
Cross Country
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BOWMAN AND ENGLE SWEEP ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State juniors Sean Bowman (Nashville, Ind./Milligan College) and Laura Engle (Terre Haute, Ind./South HS) have been named the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Athletes of the Week. It is the second time this season Bowman has been honored as the Athlete of the Week, and the first such honor of the year for Engle.
   Engle posted a personal-best time of 17:40 in the 5k, as she took first place at the Gold Race of the Notre Dame Invitational last Friday (Sept. 30). It was the first career win for Engle at ISU. She took four seconds off her previous best time, which she set last year at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational. Engle helped the Sycamores tie for fourth-place in the meet with a team score of 189.
   Bowman paced the Sycamores to a 12th place finish in the Blue Race of the Notre Dame Invitational. His time of 24:54 in the 8k was a new personal best and also ranks as a league best this season. Bowman placed 54th out of the 200 runners in the event. He was named the State Farm MVC Male Athlete of the week on September 13th after posting a time of 26:03 at the ISU Invitational on September 10.
   In addition to the individual honors, the Sycamore men’s cross country team was recently ranked seventh in the latest Great Lakes Regional Poll (Oct. 3). It is the highest ranking of any MVC team this season. The Sycamores are off this weekend before hosting the 2005 Pre-Nationals at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course on October 15.