EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana junior Titus Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee) and senior Jennifer Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana) have respectively been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Male and Female Track Athletes of the Week in a release sent out league office Wednesday afternoon.
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Winders won the mile at the Bellarmine University Open last week in Louisville, Kentucky, posting the third-fastest time in program history when he crossed the finish line in four minutes, 4.79 seconds.
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His time currently ranks first in the GLVC and fifth in the nation and was just 0.35 seconds shy of USI Hall of Famer Ben Kapsoiya’s school-record mark of 4:04.44, which he posted at the 1999 NCAA II Championships.
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Comastri also posted a first-place finish in the mile at the Bellarmine Open last week. Her time of 4:57.00 ranks third in the GLVC and 15th, nationally. She currently ranks second in the nation in the 5,000 meters with her time of 16:44.91, which she set at the GVSU Holiday Open last month in Allendale, Michigan.
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Both Winders and Comastri return to action February 5 when they compete at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend, Indiana.
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USI also will be sending freshman Silas Winders (Mansfield, Indiana) to the Indiana Relays Saturday, while USI’s sprinters, jumpers and throwers will be in action Friday at the Tiger Paw Classic in Louisville.
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Winders won the mile at the Bellarmine University Open last week in Louisville, Kentucky, posting the third-fastest time in program history when he crossed the finish line in four minutes, 4.79 seconds.
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His time currently ranks first in the GLVC and fifth in the nation and was just 0.35 seconds shy of USI Hall of Famer Ben Kapsoiya’s school-record mark of 4:04.44, which he posted at the 1999 NCAA II Championships.
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Comastri also posted a first-place finish in the mile at the Bellarmine Open last week. Her time of 4:57.00 ranks third in the GLVC and 15th, nationally. She currently ranks second in the nation in the 5,000 meters with her time of 16:44.91, which she set at the GVSU Holiday Open last month in Allendale, Michigan.
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Both Winders and Comastri return to action February 5 when they compete at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend, Indiana.
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USI also will be sending freshman Silas Winders (Mansfield, Indiana) to the Indiana Relays Saturday, while USI’s sprinters, jumpers and throwers will be in action Friday at the Tiger Paw Classic in Louisville.
