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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field senior All-American Johnnie Guy (Palmyra, Indiana) has been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Division II National Athlete of the Week and the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week following his efforts at the Gladstein Invitational this past weekend.
Guy posted the nation’s fastest time in the 3,000 meters when he finished sixth in the event in Bloomington, Indiana. His time of eight minutes, 5.22 seconds was the seventh-fastest time in Division II history and broke the school-record, which was set by Michael Jordan in 2013, by nearly three seconds.
More importantly, Guy’s time was an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark and was less than a second off the automatic qualifying standard of 8:04.70.
This is the third time in Guy’s career he has been honored by the USTFCCCA with a national weekly award and the first time in his track career. He was the USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country Runner of the Week in 2013 and 2015.
It also is the second consecutive week and the fifth time in Guy’s career he has garnered GLVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honors. He has earned a combined eight GLVC Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week awards and five GLVC Cross Country Runner of the Week honors.
The Screaming Eagles, who slipped to No. 22 in the first USTFCCCA Top 25 Computer Rankings of the regular season, return to action Friday and Saturday when they compete at the Vanderbilt Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Indianapolis Challenge in Indianapolis.
