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Southern Indiana Men’s and Women’s Track and Field kicked off day one of the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Men’s and Women’s Track and Field kicked off day one of the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships in Charleston, Illinois with multiple impressive prelim times and one event champion. The two squads combined to compete in five events in day one of the three-day championships.
Women
Freshman Zoe Seward (Rochester, Indiana) highlighted the day for the Screaming Eagles winning the 10,000-meter race. In her OVC Outdoor Championship debut, she finished with a phenomenal time of 36:14.25. Seward kept an incredible pace outlasting the second-place contender from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock by 11.03 seconds. The first-place finish scored ten points for the Eagles team score.
Junior Kati Hoerig (Prospect, Kentucky) and sophomore Micah Peals (Terre Haute, Indiana) finished behind Seward at 38:43.78 and 39:03.31. Junior Katie Winkler (Santa Claus, Indiana) earned an additional two points for the team score finishing seventh with a blazing time of 37:59.04.
Two Eagles qualified for the 1,500-meter finals with impressive prelims times. Sophomore Emily Rempe (Owensboro, Kentucky) finished fourth at 4:44.54 with a strong finish. Junior Emma Thompson (Mt.Veron, Indiana) sneaks into the finals at eleventh with a time of 4:50.62.
Men
Junior Brady Terry (Philpot, Kentucky) earned the last qualifying spot in the 1,500-meter dash with a prelim time of 4:02.17.
Freshman Alex Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) adds two points to the Eagles team score with a gritty seventh-place finish in the 10,000-meter race at 31.44.13. Team Scores
Team Scores
Women
- Western Illinois University
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Eastern Illinois University
- University of Southern Indiana
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Lindenwood University
- Tennessee State University
- Tennessee Tech University
- University of Tennessee at Martin
Men
- Eastern Illinois University
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Western Illinois University
- Tennessee State University
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- University of Tennessee at Martin
- University of Southern Indiana
- Lindenwood University
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Eagles T&F conlcudes season at OVC Outdoor Championships
CHARLESTON, Ill.- University of Southern Indiana Men’s and Women’s Track and Field finished day three of the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships on Saturday. The men earned five points placing ninth while the women tallied 22 points in tenth place.
Freshman Zoe Seward (Rochester, Indiana) continued her dominant weekend into day three with a third-place podium finish in the 5,000-meter dash. This marks Seward’s second podium finish of the weekend with a time of 17:32.47, tallying six points to the team score. Junior Katie Winkler (Santa Claus, Indiana) placed 12th among the field of 26 with a time of 18:24.28.
Sophomore Emily Rempe (Owensboro, Kentucky) and junior Emma Thompson (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) competed in the 1,500-meter finals after qualifying on Thursday. Rempe was fantastic placing fifth in the event with a time of 4:39.69. Rempe broke her own personal record and the Eagles season best 1,500-meter time. She improved her time by 4.85 seconds from Thursday’s prelims. Thompson finished her finals race in 11th place with a time of 4:50.78.
Junior Brady Terry (Philpot, Kentucky) dazzled in the 1,500-meter finals after qualifying on Thursday. The junior finished in sixth place earning three points for the Eagles with a time of 3:55.63. Terry improved his time from Thursday night by nearly seven seconds to finish the season strong.
Senior Mitchell Hopf (Santa Claus, Indiana) finished his storied career at USI with an 11th place finish in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 15.19.77. Freshman Alex Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) holds a strong future as he finished in 13th with a time 15:23.76.
Standings
Women
- Southeast Missouri State University
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Western Illinois University
- Eastern Illinois University
- Tennessee Tech University
- Lindenwood University
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Tennessee State University
- University of Tennessee at Martin
- University of Southern Indiana
- Morehead State University
Men
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Eastern Illinois University
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Tennessee State University
- Lindenwood University
- Western Illinois University
- University of Tennessee at Martin
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- University of Southern Indiana
The Eagles look forward to the 2024-25 season with plenty of young talent to build on!
Rodriguez and Prauchner qualify for 800-meter finals on Day 2 of MVC Outdoor Championships
The Purple Aces added to their number of final performances on Saturday afternoon
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – On the second day of the MVC Outdoor Championships the University of Evansville track and field team added two more finalists while setting five PRs.
The Purple Aces had two runners qualify for the men’s and women’s 800-meter final on Saturday afternoon. After timing malfunctions made freshman Nicole Prauchner (Neuhofen an der Ybbs, Austria) and Rafael Rodriguez (Sergovia, Spain) run extra meters, the runners pulled off top times in the 800-meter event. Rodriguez ran a PR of 1:51.81 to take the last spot in the men’s 800-meter final on Sunday while Prauchner did the same in the women’s 800-meter with a time of 2:11.76.
Along with two finalist qualifiers, UE had three other runners set PRs on Saturday. Sprinters José Ocampo (Monterrey, Nueva Leon, Mexico) and Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind. / Reitz HS) had PRs in the men’s and women’s 400-meter preliminary races. Ocampo ran the men’s in 51.60 seconds for 14th place while Johnson ran the women’s in 57.65 seconds for 15th.
Evansville’s final PR of the afternoon on the track also came in the men’s 800-meter preliminary race from junior Adam Oulgout (St. Paul, Minn. / Center HS). Oulgout ran a 1:53.76 for 11th place in the third heat along with teammate freshman Tommaso Losma (Lombardia, Italy). Losma took 13th place with a time of 1:55.32 in the heat, while freshman Jakub Nowiki (Poznan, Poland) rounded out the men’s 800-meter race for the Aces with a time of 1:57.96.
UE also had several runners finish the women’s 800-meter preliminary race along with Prauchner. Freshman Eilen Brenne (Skein, Norway) placed just behind her teammate with a time of 2:12.43 for 11th place. While freshman Nayla Martin (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada) and Kalina Urbaniak (Suchy Las, Poland) finished with times of 2:17.12 and 2:19.15, respectively.
Evansville participated in two other events on the second day of outdoor championships at Gibson Track and Field Complex. The Aces saw Ocampo and freshman Raymond Felton III (Houston / Clear Brook HS) run in the men’s 100-meter dash. Felton III placed 18th with a time of 10.19 seconds while Ocampo finished in 11.12 seconds. Sophomore Kate Walke (Batesville, Ind. / Oldenburg Academy) also competed for UE in the women’s 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.75 seconds.
Evansville only competed in one field event on Saturday with graduate throwers Zach Dove (Princeton, Ind. / Princeton Community HS) and Jaden Hayes (Huntingburg, Ind. / Southridge HS) throwing in the men’s shot put. Dove threw a season-best 15.37 meters in the event for 11th while Hayes set the Aces’ final PR of the day with a throw of 14.85 meters for 13th.
The Aces begin the final day of the MVC Outdoor Championships at 10:30 a.m. in the field with the women’s discus throw. UE begins its day on the track with the men’s 4×100 relay at 12:05 p.m. shortly followed by Prauchner in the women’s 1500-meter finals. A full list of Evansville’s final events of the championship is listed below.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Women’s Discus Throw – 10:30 a.m.
Men’s 4×100 Relay – 12:05 p.m.
Women’s 1500-Meter Finals – 12:10 p.m.
Men’s Discus Throw – 12:30 p.m.
Women’s 800-Meter Finals – 1:20 p.m.
Men’s 800-Meter Finals – 2:25 p.m.
Men’s 5,000-Meter – 2:30 p.m.
Women’s 4×400 Relay – 2:55 p.m.
Men’s 4×400 Relay – 3:05 p.m.
Otters leave 10 men on in middle game of series
JOLIET, IL – The Evansville Otters’ search for a 2024 regular season win continues after dropping tonight’s contest to the Joliet Slammers at Duly Health and Care Field 3-2.
The offense got going early, striking in the top of the first inning. Patrick Lee led the game off with a single and stole second and third with nobody out for Riley Delgado. The shortstop rolled a ground ball to third, but it was enough to score Lee and Evansville was on top 1-0.
In the bottom of the frame, the fun came to an end when Victor Nova laced a two-RBI double to right-center field, putting the Slammers (2-0) ahead 2-1. They never gave up the lead after.
Joliet added their final run in the third inning. The first two men of the frame reached on errors, and one was later brought in on an RBI fielder’s choice to make it 3-1.
Offensively, the Otters (0-3) bats were quiet, leaving runners in scoring position on five separate occasions.
During the eighth inning, Jomar Reyes hit a one-out single and was later moved to third base on an error. Austin Bost capitalized with his first knock of the season, roping a ball into left field to score another run.
Trailing 3-2, scoring came to an end after Bost’s hit.
Parker Brahms (0-1) took the loss after throwing four complete innings for his 2024 debut. He surrendered all three runs (two earned) on a trio of hits with one walk and four strikeouts.
Out of the bullpen, Johan Castillo pitched three scoreless frames as the first reliever. Michael McAvene made his Otters debut in the eighth and allowed no runs with one strikeout.
Evansville out-hit Joliet 8-4 but could not capitalize with their scoring chances. Lee led the way with three hits while Rosario followed suit with two.
Lee and Reyes scored the only runs, while Bost and Delago nabbed RBIs.
The Otters will look to avoid the sweep tomorrow in the series finale against the Slammers. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM CT. Coverage available on FloSports and the Otters Digital Network.
Eagles fall in the ninth to Trojans
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball could not stop a ninth-inning rally by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and lost 7-6 Saturday afternoon in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Screaming Eagles are 22-29 overall and 11-12 OVC, while Trojans go to 28-21, 15-8 OVC.
With the loss, USI remains sixth in the OVC standings. The Eagles also remain a game behind fifth-place University of Tennessee at Martin and two games Tennessee Tech University with four conference games remaining.
Little Rock had the momentum early, taking a 4-0 lead in the opening frame and holding USI hitless through the first 3.2 innings. The Eagle bats woke up in the fourth and fifth with two outs when USI score three times to take the lead, 6-4.
In the fourth, junior centerfielder Terrick Thompson-Allen (Sioux City, Iowa), sophomore second baseman Caleb Niehaus (Newburgh, Indiana), and junior catcher Logan Mock (Livermore, California) (Villa Hills, Kentucky) posted back-to-back-to-back RBI-singles to pull the Eagles to with one, 4-3. The Eagles had six-straight singles in the two-out, three-run rally.
The fifth inning saw USI jump in front for the first time in the game with another three-spot. USI junior second baseman Thomas Emerich (Ava, Missouri) took advantage of a failed pickoff and an error to score from third and tie the game, 4-4. Mock broke the tie one batter later with a two-single to right field, scoring Thompson-Allen and Niehaus with the fifth and sixth USI runs of the contest.
At the plate, Mock finished with a team-high three RBIs and two hits. Emerich, Thompson-Allen, and Niehaus scored two runs each in the loss.
USI junior right-hander Gavin Seebold (Jeffersonville, Indiana) survived the first inning, but had to settle for no-decision despite throwing seven solid innings. Seebold allowed the four runs on four hits and a walk in the first inning before allowing just one more hit in the next six frames, while striking out seven.
The loss went USI freshman right-hander Clayton Weisheit (Ferdinand, Indiana). Weisheit (0-1) allowed three runs (one in the eighth and two in the ninth) on five hits.
EVSC Trustees Will Hold A Town Hall Meeting On May 13, 2024
The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet for the regularly scheduled Board meeting on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 5:30 PM in the Board Room of the
EVSC Administration Building is located at 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN. Board meetings can also be observed by tuning to EVSC’s radio station, 90.7 WPSR, or live-streamed online at https://www.wpsrhd.com/.
Before the regularly scheduled Board meeting, three members of the Board, along with district administrators, will hold a Town Hall beginning at 5:00 PM. This Town Hall is for Vanderburgh County residents to speak directly with Board members in attendance about issues involving EVSC schools.
The Town Hall will be held in the Technology and Innovation Center located at 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN. Members of the public who would like to attend the Town Hall should register by completing the Town Hall Registration Form located on our website at district.evscschools.com.
Biden-Harris Administration Reports Significant Progress Toward Protecting Children from Lead Poisoning
WASHINGTON-Today, May 9, the President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children is publishing
the Progress Report on the Federal Lead Action Plan, a comprehensive update on the government’s progress since 2018 toward reducing childhood lead exposures. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as co-leading members of the Task Force’s Lead Exposures Subcommittee, are leading aggressive actions to combat lead exposure.
“We’ve made excellent progress toward protecting children from the risks of lead exposure, advancing President Biden’s commitment to environmental justice and protections for all communities,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe. “The federal family has taken meaningful steps that will reduce lead exposure, and we are united in our commitment to improve children’s health and to ensure that populations overburdened with pollution have the opportunity to lead healthier lives.”
“Children are our future. We must ensure that they have safe places to learn and grow. This progress report outlines the steps we are taking to ensure that healthier future by reducing childhood exposure to lead and shows the Biden-Harris commitment to environmental justice and health equity for all,” said Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine.
“Protecting the health of vulnerable populations, especially children and families with limited resources, is paramount. Our Task Force’s progress in implementing the Action Plan reflects the Biden-Harris administration’s shared commitment to investing resources in lead safety programs,” said HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman. “The individual programs to implement Justice40 and additional administration initiatives are complemented by the many interagency activities described in the progress report.”
The 2018 Federal Lead Action Plan was released with a clear vision: to reduce childhood exposure to lead and its harmful effects. Since then, the federal government has been working to implement strategies outlined in the plan, and leveraging partnerships with states, Tribes, local communities, business, and caregivers to achieve this shared goal.
The progress report summarizes the significant strides made toward reducing lead exposure and improving children’s health through landmark initiatives including:
- Reducing lead in drinking water, land, air, food, housing, and consumer products,
- Improving childhood lead poisoning testing to improve children’s health outcomes,
- Enhancing lead hazard communication with partners and the public with streamlined messaging,
- Supporting critical research that informs efforts to reduce lead exposures and health risks, and much more.
The President’s Task Force is the focal point for the federal government to scope, plan, and act together for the betterment of children’s environmental health and safety. The Task Force engages multiple government departments, agencies, and other federal partners to coordinate efforts to address the array of environmental and social stressors that threaten the health of children, with particular focus on areas including lead exposures, asthma disparities, chemical exposures, climate change, emergencies, and disasters. These efforts have complemented the Biden-Harris Administration’s Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan, which laid out over 15 new commitments from more than 10 federal agencies to make sure that the federal government marshals every resource and every tool it can to make rapid progress towards ensuring a lead-free future. These efforts have also complemented the President’s Justice40 Initiative, which set a goal that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution.