January 24, 2007

Track & Field

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ISU’S DANIEL NAMED ATHLETE OF WEEK

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State University’s Steve Daniel, a junior from Decatur (MacArthur), Illinois, was named the Missouri Valley Conference Athlete of the Week in the field events for men’s track and field.

Daniel became a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a leap of 50-feet-11 inches (15.52 meters) in the Triple Jump at the Indiana Team Classic held at Indiana University last Saturday. Daniel finished just behind Indiana’s Kyle Jenkins (52-feet-1/2 inch) with teammates Paladin Jordan (48-feet-6 inches) and Corey Dowden (47-feet-4 inches) finishing third and fourth respectively.

Derek Johnson of Drake was named the MVC Athlete of the Week for track for the men. SIU’s Brittany Riley (field) and Jamie Hutchinson of the University of Northern Iowa (track) were honored for the women.

Also nominated from Indiana State were:

‑Erica Moore (SULLIVAN, IND. /freshman) finished third in the women’s 600 meters at the Indiana Team Classic with a time of 1:34.00 in a race where the top four placers were within two-tenths of a second. The time was the second fastest in school history.

‑Kylie Hutson (TERRE HAUTE/Freshman) finished in a tie for third in the women’s pole vault at the Indiana Team. Competing against five Big Ten teams and two from the SEC, Hutson had a vault of 12-feet-7 inches (3.85 meters).

Jordan Fife (SEYMOUR, IND. /Senior) paced the Indiana State University men’s team by winning the mile run at the Indiana Team Classic. Fife was in fourth place heading into the final quarter but ran a :57 final quarter and a :27 last 200 to come from behind and post the win in 4:07.66.

Indiana State will be competing in the Purdue Triangular (Gene Edmonds Cup) on Saturday.

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