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CHARLESTON, Ill. - The Little Rock men and the Southeast Missouri women win the 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship. It marked the first OVC outdoor title for Little Rock, while the Redhawks secured their 12th overall title (and second-straight).
Little Rock’s Matthew Tyeskie and Cogan Derousselle finished one-two in the 110m hurdles. The duo both finished with times under the OVC record time of 13.89 set by Ron Bramlett of MTSU in 1999. Derousselle crossed the line in 13.84 just behind Tyeskie who set the new standard as a freshman with a time of 13.70.
The two hurdlers paced the Trojans who finished with 220 points, ahead of Eastern Illinois (190.5) and Southeast Missouri (142.5). Tennessee State placed fourth (81) followed by Lindenwood (55), Western Illinois (55), UT Martin (35), SIUE (32) and Southern Indiana (5).
Southeast Missouri’s Jaden Kight set a new OVC record in the javelin with a toss of 48.31m (158’6”). The senior surpassed the previous record of 46.28m set in 2010 by SEMO’s Samantha Espiricueta.
Kight helped pace the Redhawks to 197 points, finishing ahead of second place Little Rock with 147.5 points. Western Illinois finished third with 114 points, Eastern Illinois (103) was fourth and Tennessee Tech (59.5) placed fifth. Lindenwood finished sixth with 48 points and was followed by Tennessee State (44), SIUE (44), UT Martin (29), Southern Indiana (22) and Morehead State (11).
OVC Female Track Athlete of the Year: Breanna Miles, Southeast Missouri
OVC Female Field Athlete of the Year: Brianna Dixon, Southeast Missouri
OVC Female Freshman of the Year: Brianna Dixon, Southeast Missouri
OVC Women’s Coach of the Year: Eric Crumpecker, Southeast Missouri
OVC Female Athlete of the Championship: Aliyah Adams, Western Illinois
OVC Male Track Athlete of the Year: Andrew Payton, Little Rock
OVC Male Field Athlete of the Year: Paden Lewis, Southeast Missouri
OVC Male Freshman of the Year: Joseph Stoddard, Eastern Illinois
OVC Men’s Coach of the Year: JP Behnke, Little Rock
OVC Male Athlete of the Championship: Paden Lewis, Southeast Missouri