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University of Southern Indiana senior Johnnie Guy (Palmyra, Indiana) has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Outdoor Male Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this season and the fourth time in his outdoor career.
Guy shattered USI Hall of Famer Ben Kapsoiya’s 17-year old school record in the 5,000 meters Thursday night when he crossed the finish line at the Mt. SAC Relays with an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying time of 13 minutes, 39.14 seconds. His mark currently ranks sixth amongst all NCAA divisions and 10th all-time in Division II history.
USI’s Student Athlete of the Year for the second time, Guy was less than three seconds off the winning time in the Elite Invitational competition at the Mt. SAC Relays and the top mark in all NCAA Divisions—Adams State University freshman Sydney Gidabuday set the nation’s top time of 13:36.83 at Mt. SAC.
The GLVC Track Athlete of the Week honor is Guy’s ninth combined Indoor and Outdoor accolade. He also garnered GLVC Cross Country Runner of the Week honors five times.
Guy’s effort helped propel the Screaming Eagles into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Top 25 Computer Rankings this week. USI debuted at No. 23 in the latest ranking.
In addition to Guy’s automatic qualifying time, which ranks second in Division II this year, the Eagles gathered NCAA II provisional qualifying times in the 10,000 meters and the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays. Junior Chase Broughton (Marengo, Indiana) is third, nationally, in the steeplechase, while fellow classmates Josh Guy (Palmyra, Indiana) and Noah Lutz (Evansville, Indiana) are seventh and 26th, respectively, in the 10,000 meters.
Broughton and Josh Guy are ranked 27th and 36th, respectively, in the 5,000 meters, while senior Tyler Pence (Springfield, Illinois) is ranked 28th in the 5,000 meters.
USI returns to action Saturday when it competes at the Bellarmine Classic in Louisville, Kentucky.
