EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana junior All-American Titus Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee) collected his third Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Week award this season and the sixth in his career following his performance in the 3,000 meters at the Illinois College Hilltop Invitational last Friday.
Â
Winders became the first USI runner in school history to clock a sub-eight-minute 3k when he finished first out of 30 runners with an NCAA II provisional qualifying time of seven minutes, 59.58 seconds (7:54.07 converted).
Â
His time is 5.64 seconds faster than Johnnie Guy’s previous record of 8:05.22, which was set at the 2016 Gladstein Invitational. His converted time ranks first in the GLVC and second, nationally.
Â
USI returns to action this Saturday and Sunday when it competes at the GLVC Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. The GLVC Indoor Championships will be aired live and on-demand on the GLVC Sports Network.
This weekend’s meet marks the first time in two years that the GLVC Indoor Championships will be held after COVID-19 canceled the event a year ago.
