OVC Bests List
adidas® OVC Athletes of the Week
CO-MALE TRACK ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Zye Boey, Sr., Decatur, Ill.
– Eastern Illinois
Boey won both the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash at
the Indiana Relays over the weekend. His time of 6.75 in the 60 hit the USATF
provisional mark, and his time of 21.07 in the 200 set the Indiana University
Gladstein Fieldhouse record.
Soufiane Bouchikhi,
Jr., Antwerp, Belgium – Eastern Kentucky
Bouchikhi continued his dominance in the 3,000-meter run,
winning the event at the Kentucky Rod McCravy Memorial Meet with a time of
8.04.00. His mark set a new meet record, and he defeated 44 other competitors,
including several runners from SEC schools.
Others nominated: Chris
Loseman, Southeast Missouri; Jamill
Jackson, Tennessee State
MALE FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Blake Carter, So.,
O’Fallon, Mo. – Southeast Missouri
Carter claimed first place in the long jump at the Indiana
Relays with a distance of 23’-5.5. He also has the second-best jump in the OVC
this season, which he set two weeks ago at the SIU Saluki Open.
Others nominated: none.
FEMALE TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Lydia Kosgei, Sr., Eldoret, Kenya – Eastern Kentucky
Kosgei once again improved her time in the mile run at the
Kentucky Rod McCravy Memorial Meet over the weekend, winning the event in
4:45.57. Her time is third-best in EKU history and is currently the 43rd
fastest time in the nation.
Others nominated: Chantelle
Grey, Austin Peay; Erika Ramos, Eastern Illinois; Giselle Slotboom, Jacksonville
State; Alexis Love, Murray
State; Jessica Bollinger, Southeast
Missouri; Ioana Citireag, SIUE; Ashontae
Jackson, Tennessee State
FEMALE FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Jill Schnurbusch,
Jr., Cape
Girardeau, Mo. – Southeast Missouri
Schnurbusch once again broke her own Southeast
Missouri school record in the pole vault at the Indiana Relays
with a height of 12’-1.5. This is the third time she has broken the school
record this season, and her height is tied for first on the OVC Bests List.
Others nominated: Tanesha
Campbell, Austin Peay; Maura Cummins, Eastern
Illinois; Ashley Conway, Murray
State; Kristin Wykoff, SIUE; Daniecce
Ward, Tennessee State
This Week’s Schedule
FRIDAY, FEB. 3
McDonald’s
Invitational (Carbondale, Ill.)
Austin Peay
Murray State
Notre Dame Meyo
Invitational (South
Bend, Ind.)
Eastern Illinois
Husker Invitational (Lincoln, Neb.)
Southeast Missouri
SATURDAY, FEB. 4
MTSU Invitational (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Eastern Kentucky
Sewanee Invite (Mount Eagle, Tenn.)
Jacksonville State
Tennessee Tech
2011-12 adidas® OVC Athletes of the Week
Male Track Athletes of the
Week
Jan. 10 – Will Lindsey, SIUE
Jan.17 – Soufiane
Bouchikhi, Eastern Kentucky
Jan. 24 – Zye
Boey, Eastern Illinois;
Will Lindsey, SIUE
Male Field Athletes of the
Week
Jan. 10 – La’Derrick Ward, SIUE
Jan. 17 – Josh Uchtman, Southeast
Missouri
Jan. 24 – Craig Robinson, Southeast
Missouri; Donald Romero, Eastern Illinois
Female Track Athletes of
the Week
Jan. 10 – Alexis Love, Murray State
Jan. 17 – Lydia
Kosgei, Eastern Kentucky; Alexis Love, Murray
State
Jan. 24 – Lydia
Kosgei, Eastern Kentucky; Alexis Love, Murray
State
Female Field Athletes of
the Week
Jan. 10 – Daniecce Ward, Tennessee
State
Jan. 17 – Jill Schnurbusch, Southeast
Missouri; Colleen McDonough, SIUE
Jan. 24 – Courtney Gapelu, Southeast
Missouri; Jade Riebold, Eastern Illinois