EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Track & Field freshmen Cole Hess (Cannelton, Indiana) and Zoe Seward (Rochester, Indiana) were named Ohio Valley Conference Track Freshmen of the Week Wednesday afternoon as announced by the league’s communications department.
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Hess is the second Screaming Eagle to earn an OVC weekly award and the first to earn the Freshman of the Week title for the men. Seward nabs her first career weekly honor and is the second runner to get an OVC weekly award during the indoor season for the women.
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Hess is fresh off a record-breaking performance at the ISU Open after winning the 800 meters and smashing the program’s previous indoor record with a time of one minute and 53.17 seconds. With his impressive outing last weekend, Hess now holds the fastest freshman 800-meter time in the OVC and the third-fastest time by any conference member this season.
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Seward earned her third top-10 finish at the ISU Open last weekend with a fifth-place finish in the mile with a time of 5:15.40. Seward holds the fastest freshman time for USI this season in the mile, 3,000 meters, and 5,000 meters.
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Hess, Seward, and the Eagles will suit up for the Ohio Valley Conference Championships on Wednesday and Thursday at the Birmingham Crossplex in Birmingham, Alabama.
