EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country junior Alex Nolan and Women’s Cross Country sophomore Hadessah Austin have been named Ohio Valley Conference Runners to Watch in an announcement by the league office Wednesday morning.
Nolan is a two-time All-OVC honoree on the grass and was the OVC indoor champion in the 5,000 meters last February. The Evansville, Indiana, native posted top-10 finishes in four of the five meets he competed in a year ago, including a ninth-place showing at the OVC Championships.
Austin established herself as arguably the top distance runner in the OVC last spring when she won OVC titles in the indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meters as well as the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meters.
The Attica, Indiana, native was the OVC Indoor and Outdoor Freshman of the Year and was a second-team All-OVC honoree on the grass following an eighth-place showing at the 2024 OVC Cross Country Championships.
USI, which won both the OVC Men’s and Women’s Cross Country championships in 2024, begins its season Friday when it hosts the University of Evansville, Oakland City University and Vincennes University in the Stegemoller Twilight at the USI Cross Country Course in Evansville.
The women’s four-kilometer race begins at 7:30 p.m., while the men’s 6k starts at 8 p.m. The USI Cross Country Course can be accessed at the Broadway Sports Complex on Broadway Avenue at the south end of USI’s campus.
GPS Directions to Broadway Sports Complex
7560 Broadway Avenue
Evansville, IN 47712
