USI’s Winders claims GLVC weekly honor
Winders battled cold, windy and wet conditions to finish fourth out of 423 competitors with an eight-kilometer time of 25 minutes, 17.0 seconds. His helped the No. 8 Screaming Eagles to a fourth-place finish in a 34-team field that featured 10 nationally-ranked programs.
The weekly honor marks the second GLVC Runner of the Week award for the Eagles this year and the second of Winders’ career. Senior Austin Nolan (Evansville, Indiana), who was 19th at the Lewis Crossover, earned GLVC Runner of the Week honors two weeks ago, while Winders last claimed the honor to end the 2018 regular-season.
Winders, who also is the last GLVC Runner of the Week honoree for the 2019 season, also was named the GLVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week last December.
USI returns to action October 26 when it hosts the GLVC Championships at Angel Mounds. The Eagles are in search of their 15th straight conference title.
In celebration of Children’s Health Month, EPA releases America’s Children and the Environment report and booklet
Protecting children’s health by minimizing environmental impacts on children is a high priority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA researchers are working to stay ahead of emerging children’s environmental health challenges by providing data and information on the environment and children’s health. In collaboration with partners, EPA researchers are leading interdisciplinary, novel research that holistically considers the complex interactions that link the environment to children’s health and well-being. In celebration of Children’s Health Month, EPA is releasing the updated 2019 America’s Children and the Environment Indicators Report and a corresponding booklet that highlights a selection of the indicators that were updated in 2019 with newly available data.
“In conjunction with Children’s Health Month, EPA is releasing its first update of America’s Children and the Environment since 2013,â€Â said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “This booklet provides the latest data for EPA and the public on the progress we’ve made to protect our nation’s children, such as reducing the median concentration of lead in the blood of children between the ages of 1 and 5 years by 95 percent from 1976 to 2016.â€
Background
The 2019 America’s Children and the Environment Indicators Report presents data on children and environmental health, bringing together information from a variety of sources to provide national children’s environmental health indicators.
Environmental contaminants can affect children differently than adults, both because children may be more highly exposed to contaminants and because they are often more vulnerable to the effects of contaminants. This report is motivated by EPA’s belief that the public should be made aware of trends in children’s environmental health.
The purpose of America’s Children and the Environment is to compile – and make available to a broad audience – information that can help identify areas that warrant additional attention, potential issues of concern, and persistent problems. EPA hopes that the development and presentation of these indicators will motivate continuing research, additional data collection and, when appropriate, necessary interventions.
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USI Women’s Hoops picked to finish 4th in GLVC
Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Basketball coaches have predicted a fourth-place finish for University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball in 2019-20 according to the GLVC Preseason Coaches’ Poll, which was released this afternoon.
USI, which has finished in the top three of the GLVC regular-season standings in each of the last three years, received 178 points in the poll. Defending league champion Drury University was a unanimous choice to win the league in 2019-20, while Lewis University and Bellarmine University were picked to finish second and third, respectively, with 190 and 181 points.
League newcomer Lindenwood University rounded out the top five picks with 175 points, while Maryville University (1 first-place vote) and Truman State University were each picked to finish in a tie for sixth.
The top 10 teams were rounded out by McKendree University (119 points), the University of Missouri-St Louis (102 points) and William Jewell College (89 points), while the University of Indianapolis (87 points), Southwest Baptist University (74 points), Rockhurst University (71 points), Missouri University of Science & Technology (50 points), the University of Illinois Springfield (41 points) and Quincy University (20 points) rounded out the predictions.
USI, one of two GLVC teams positioned in the Women’s Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 25 poll, went 20-9 overall and 13-5 in league play a year ago. In the last three years, USI has gone 70-19 overall and 45-9 in the GLVC.
The Screaming Eagles return five players from the 2018-19 campaign, including a pair of starters in senior guard Ashley Johnson (Louisville, Kentucky) and junior guard Emma DeHart(Indianapolis, Indiana).
DeHart was fourth on the team in scoring a year ago with 9.6 points per game, while Johnson was fifth with 9.1 points per contest.
Also returning for the Eagles is senior guard/forward Morgan Sherwood (Charleston, Illinois), 6-foot-4 junior center Audrey Turner (Fishers, Indiana) and sophomore forward Ashlynn Brown(Perrysburg, Ohio).
Sherwood battled injury a year ago after playing an important role off the bench as a sophomore during USI’s run to the 2018 NCAA II Tournament. Turner saw her role off the bench expand a year ago and figures to continue that expansion into the 2019-20 season; while Brown averaged 3.1 points per game despite playing just 8.5 minutes per game as a freshman in 2018-19.
USI welcomes six newcomers into the fold in 2019-20, including 5-foot-9 senior guard Kiara Moses (Urbana, Illinois) and 6-foot-1 junior forward Chyna Anthony (New Albany, Indiana).
Moses averaged 4.3 points per game as a junior for Arkansas Tech University a year ago after racking up 152 assists and 131 steals as a sophomore at Kankakee Community College during her sophomore year in 2017-18. Anthony played in 22 games during her first two years of collegiate basketball at Division I Northern Kentucky University.
The Eagles’ freshman class includes 5-foot-4 guard Addy Blackwell (Bloomington, Indiana), 6-foot-0 forwards Hannah Haithcock (Washington Courthouse, Ohio) and Tara Robbe (Wildwood, Missouri), and 5-foot-11 guard/forward Lexi Thompson (Lafayette, Indiana).
Blackwell was a two-time All-State honoree at Bloomington South High School, while Haithcock was a first-team Division II All-Ohio performer after averaging 17 points per game as a senior at Washington High School.
Robbe was a three-time All-Conference and All-District honoree at Lafayette High School (Missouri), where she averaged 15.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a senior in 2018-19. Thompson was an All-Hoosier Conference honoree after averaging 13.1 throughout her four years at Lafayette Central Catholic High School (Indiana).
USI opens the 2019-20 exhibition season October 30 when it travels to Lexington, Kentucky, to take on the University of Kentucky. The Eagles, who also visit Purdue University for an exhibition November 3, begin the regular-season November 13 when they host the University of Central Missouri in the first-ever collegiate basketball game at Screaming Eagles Arena.
2019-20 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL
Pl. Team             Points (1st-place votes)
1. Drury               225 (15)
2. Lewis               190
3. Bellarmine          181
 4. Southern Indiana    178
5. Lindenwood          175
6. Maryville           159 (1)
Truman State        159
8. McKendree           119
9. Missouri-St. Louis   102
10. William Jewell       89
11. Indianapolis         87
12. Southwest Baptist    74
13. Rockhurst            71
14. Missouri S&TÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 50
15. Illinois Springfield  41
16. Quincy               20
Governor Eric Holcomb Directs Flags To Be Flown at Half-Staff
Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff for Indiana State Trooper Peter “Bo” Stephan.
Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of his funeral, Friday, October 18, 2019.
Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff on Friday.
USI holds off Christian Brothers to capture Don Morris Invitational title
The University of Southern Indiana men’s golf team finished first of eight teams on Tuesday at the Don Morris Invitational, hosted by Union University.
USI posted a strong 288 in round one Monday eleven strokes better than the next best team, giving the Eagles the tournament lead heading into Tuesday morning.
The Eagles held off Christian Brothers to ultimately capture their first team victory of the fall season.
Sophomore Zach Williams (Mt.Vernon Illinois) led the way with a tied-for-first finish for the Eagles as he carded a 70 and 72 for a two-under-par for the tournament. Williams was edged out by Jaime Jalve of Bethel University in a one-hole playoff to narrowly miss his first collegiate victory.
Senior K.O. Taylor (Madisonville, Kentucky) rounded out the top five individuals with a respectable four-over-par for the tournament.
Junior Nate Caudle (Wayne City, Illinois) also landed inside the top ten nabbing tied-for-sixth place with an eight-over-par tournament total. Caudle led the tournament field after posting an opening round three-under-par 69 which was also the best individual round for USI.
Up next, with the fall season for Eagles concluding Tuesday, USI will shift their focus to the spring season in the upcoming months.
USI takes sixth at the Music City Invitational
The University of Southern Indiana women’s golf team came away from the Music City Invitational with a sixth-place finish Tuesday afternoon at the Old Fort Golf Club. The Screaming Eagles posted rounds of 314 and 303 in the two-day, 13-team tournament hosted by Trevecca Nazarene University.
Junior Brooke Moser (Leo, Indiana) led the way for the Eagles after posting back-to-back rounds of 74 for a four-over effort. Moser’s 148 total performance landed the junior eighth out of the 72 participants.
The Eagles notched two top-40 finishers to follow Moser. Junior Kiley Swisher (Williamsport, Indiana) and sophomore Hannah Herma (Demotte, Indiana) posted totals of 153 (+9) and 157 (+13), respectively. Herma’s second-round card of 75 and Swisher’s second-round 76 both represent their respective low-rounds of the 2019-20 season.
Senior Abbey Leighty (Mt. Carmel, Illinois) and freshman Kelci Katterhenry (Newburgh, Indiana) rounded-out the five Eagles on the trip with totals of 159 (+15) and 162 (+18), respectively.
USI Women’s Golf closes the fall schedule on Monday when it visits the Fair Oaks Golf Club for the McKendree Fall Intercollegiate.