February 14, 2007 DOWDEN NAME TRACK ATHLETE OF WEEK ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Corey Dowden, a senior from Mt. Vernon, Ill., was named the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Week. Dowden led a trio of Indiana State athletes who finished in the top five of the triple jump at the Iowa State Classic on Saturday, finishing in third place with a leap of 50-feet-5½-inches. ISU’s Steve Daniel, a senior from Decatur, Ill., finished fourth in the event with a leap of 50-feet-2¾, and Paladin Jordan, a senior from Des Plaines, Ill., was fifth with a leap of 50-feet-0½. Also recognized as notables were: Women’s Track – Dani Prince, ISU freshman from Bloomington, Ind., won her heat and finished 10th overall in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:54.67 at the Iowa State Classic on Saturday. The time is the best in the Missouri Valley Conference this season and the fifth fastest time in Indiana State school history. Women’s Field – Kylie Hutson, ISU freshman from Terre Haute, Ind., continued to dominate the pole vault event, winning the Iowa State Classic on Friday with a vault of 4.10 meters (13-feet-5½-inches). That set a new school record and was the third time in five meets that Hutson has passed the NCAA provisional mark. Men’s Track – Jordan Fife, ISU Senior from Seymour, Ind., set a new school record in finishing third overall (the first collegian to finish) in the 3000 meters at the Iowa State Classic on Saturday. His time of 8:08.74 broke the school record he had established two years ago. Indiana State will be back in Bloomington, Ind., next weekend for the Hoosier Hills Open. That meet is the final meet before the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships which will be held Feb. 23-24 at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. |