University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field junior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany) was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week.
Competing against top talent at the Gladstein Invitational hosted by Indiana University, Grau notched an NCAA provisional mark in the fast section of the mile. His time of 4 minutes, 8.38 seconds was good enough for a sixth-place finish, about nine seconds behind the top finisher.
Grau’s mark in the event represents the fastest time in the GLVC this season. It is also ranked the second best at the NCAA Division II level, while being 56th across all levels.
Last week, Grau earned the award after a win in the 800-meter and a second-place showing in the 3,000-meters at the Robert H. Johnson Little Giant Open.
It is the second GLVC weekly honor of Grau’s career. Former USI All-American Johnnie Guy earned the award three straight weeks during the 205-16 track & field season.
The Screaming Eagles returns to action this weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana competing in the Tom Hathaway Distance Classic January 27-28.
