EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana senior Brady Terry has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Year in an announcement by the league office Thursday afternoon.
Terry becomes the first men’s runner in program history to earn OVC Cross Country Runner of the Year and the second runner in both genders since the Screaming Eagles moved to Division I in 2022-23. Lauren Griewe was the 2022 OVC Female Runner of the Year.
The Philpot, Kentucky, native has earned three OVC Runner of the Week honors this season and owns the fastest eight-kilometer time in the conference following his performance at the Angel Mounds Invitational two weeks ago. Terry finished second out of 233 competitors with a time of 24 minutes, 10.5 seconds.
A finance major at USI, Terry is undefeated against OVC competition in each of the last three meets he has competed. He won the UT Martin OVC Preview last month before finishing 58th at the University of Missouri’s Gans Creek Classic.
Terry, a second-team All-OVC honoree a year ago, becomes the 11th USI men’s runner to claim Runner of the Year honors in cross country, with the previous winners earning the award by winning the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships during USI’s time in Division II.
One of the favorites to win the OVC title, Terry and the rest of the USI men’s and women’s runners compete at the OVC Championships Friday in Martin, Tennessee.
The women are scheduled to toe the start line at 9 a.m., while the men’s 8K follows at 10 a.m. The races will be held on the University of Tennessee Martin campus.
