BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – University of Evansville sophomore Adam Oulgout (St. Paul, Minn./Central) posted the fastest indoor mile time at UE since 1983 on Friday night, as he helped pace a pack of Purple Aces at the Hoosier Hills Invitational at Indiana University’s Gladstein Fieldhouse in Bloomington.
Oulgout clocked in with a time of 4:21.49 to post the fastest indoor mile time since UE Hall of Famer David Denny set the school record with a time of 4:14.9 in 1983. Oulgout’s time moved past UE Hall of Famer Nick Waninger’s best time at Evansville (4:21.85) to rank as the second-fastest indoor mile time on record at UE. Overall, Oulgout placed 12th in the men’s mile competition, but he was less than a second and a half from seventh place.
Senior thrower Zach Dove (Princeton, Ind./Princeton Community) posted UE’s best individual finish of the day with a seventh-place finish in the men’s weight throw. Dove broke the 17-meter mark for the fifth-straight meet with a toss of 17.26 meters (56′ 7.5″) to place seventh overall. He is the only UE male to break the 17-meter mark in the men’s weight toss in school history.
Dove also posted a personal-best throw in the men’s shot put with a toss of 14.76 meters (48′ 5.25″) to finish 12th overall. Fellow senior Jaden Hayes also turned in a personal-best throw of 14.31 meters (46′ 11.5″) in the shot put to finish four spots behind Dove.
On the women’s side, graduate student Melanie Helder (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville) finished 12th overall in the women’s indoor mile with a time of 5:20.50.
