EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana junior Isaac Stanford has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week in an announcement by the league office Tuesday afternoon.
Stanford earns his first OVC Track Athlete of the Week honor during the outdoor season after racing to a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters last Friday at the Billy Hayes Invitational.
The Flora, Illinois, native finished the race in three minutes, 49.96 seconds and was just over a second away from his season-best time of 3:48.74, which he ran at the Bryan Clay Invitational last month.
Stanford, who ranks fourth in the OVC in the 1,500 meters and 10th in the 800 meters, also earned OVC Track Athlete of the Week honors during the indoor season.
USI competes at the OVC Outdoor Championships Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Eagles own the first and fourth fastest times in the 5,000 meters and the third and fourth fastest times in the 10,000 meters during the outdoor season.
Sophomore Austin Nolan leads the OVC with a 5,000-meter time of 14:28.47 and is third in the 10,000 meters with a time of 31:49.51. Freshman Layden Wagoner and junior Dylan Bland respectively rank fourth in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters with times of 14:35.85 and 31:50.65, while freshman Ben Perulfi is sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with his time of 9:39.60.
The OVC Outdoor Championships are being hosted by Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and can be watched on ESPN+ with a subscription. Live Results and meet information links can be accessed at USIScreamingEagles.com.
