February 21, 2007 SUNDERLAND NAMED ATHLETE OF WEEK ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State University’s Curt Sunderland (Ashley, Ind., sophomore) was named the Missouri Valley Conference men’s field Athlete of the Week for the week of February 20. Sunderland won the high jump competition at the Hoosier Hills Invitational at Bloomington, Ind., last Friday with a leap of 6-feet-9 inches (2.06 meters). Other notable performances by the Sycamores from last weekends meet were: Men’s Track – Jordan Fife (Seymour, Ind. senior) just missed the ISU school record in the mile as he won the event at the Hoosier Hills Invitational with a time of 4:06.36. That was just two-hundredths of second off the school record. Women’s Track – Jeanne Roberts, freshman, finished third in the 60 meters at the Hoosier Hills Invitational with a time of 7.69. Women’s Field – Kylie Hutson (Terre Haute, Ind., freshman) continued to dominate the pole vault event, taking first place at the Hoosier Hills Invitational on Friday with a vault of 3.80 meters. The Sycamores will be participating in the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships this weekend at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. |