Five University of Southern Indiana Track & Field student-athletes were honored with U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association All-Midwest Region accolades Tuesday afternoon.
The Screaming Eagles collected a total of seven USTFCCCA All-Region awards, with junior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany) earning accolades in three separate events. Grau outdoor All-Region honors during the outdoor season included the 800-meters, 1,500-meters, and 5,000-meters.
With two NCAA Division II automatic qualifying times, Grau owns the fourth fastest time in the 1,500-meters and the fifth fastest in the 5,000-meters in the NCAA II this season. He also has a provisional time in the 800-meters, ranking 38th.
Two Eagles earned All-Region nods in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with some of the top times in the country. Senior Chase Broughton (Marengo, Indiana), a 2016 All-American in the event, ranks 12th in the country, while junior James Cecil (Owensboro, Kentucky) ranks 21st. Both runners have earned NCAA II provisional times on the season. It is the first track & field All-Region award for Cecil.
Senior Noah Lutz (Evansville, Indiana) is the final men’s athlete to pick up All-Region honors with the 14th-fastest time in the NCAA II this season in the 10,000-meters. It is the first All-Region award for Lutz during either track & field season.
Junior Jessica Lincoln (Palatine, Indiana) was the lone women’s athlete to pick-up an All-Region nod, doing so for the first time in here track & field career. Lincoln owns the 19th-fastest time in the NCAA II this season with her finish in the 10,000-meters at the MT. Sac Relays.
The Eagles still await their NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships fate with the final declarations yet to be announced. Those that advance to the Championships will compete May 25-27 in Bradenton, Florida.
