Redhawks Take On OVC Indoor Championships

Friday, February 26

Nashville, Tenn.

All Day

Southeast Missouri State University

Ohio Valley Indoor Championship

Photo by: Keith Hente

2/25/2016 8:00:00 AM | Track and Field

Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships
Meet Information
Dates: Friday-Saturday, February 26-27, 2016
Host: Tennessee State University
Venue: Gentry Center
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Start Times: Friday - 9:00 a.m.; Saturday – 9:00 a.m.

Media Information
Event Schedule | Live Scoring | Event Page | OVC Live Stream

Upcoming Meet
Southeast Missouri's men's and women's track and field teams compete in the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships this weekend. The two-day event, hosted by Tennessee State, is scheduled for Friday-Saturday, Feb. 26-27. Last year, Southeast's men's team won the OVC indoor title, while the women finished third.

Record Breakers
Several Redhawks have set new school records this indoor season. Most recently, Marc Maton and Megan Parks established new 1000m indoor records. Maton's time of 2:26.25 broke the original time of 2:27.60 set by Paul Stemmerman in 2009. Parks finished in 2:53.33, surpassing Janelle Quigley's time of 2:56.70 set in 1998.

Christian Locke's pole vault height of 5.20m (17'0.75") broke Jaret Willi's school record set in 2002 (16'11.5"). Locke's effort increases his OVC lead while ranking him 45th in the nation.

Earlier this season, both men's and women's teams set new distance medley records, as well. Jordan Brown, Cole Davis, Kameron Long and Maton recently earned a school record-breaking time of 9:55.52 in the distance medley. Their time ranks first in the conference and 35th nationally. The women's distance medley team of Kaitlyn Shea, Parks, Miya Dorsey and Angela Sumner set a school record during that same weekend, securing a third-best conference time of 11:58.34

Conference Marks
In other track events, Jarred Pasley's 400m dash time of 47.52 is atop the OVC this season. Haile Wilson ranks third in the men's 60m dash with a time of 6.82 seconds. Maton owns the second-best mile and 5000m times this season with adjusted times of 4:09.27 and 14:19.70, respectively. The men's 4x400m relay team of Pasley, Jordan Barber, Brandon Chunn and Brannon Wright leads the OVC with a time of 3:12.71.

In field events, Chris Martin's triple jump is an OVC-leading 51'1". Martin ranks 37th nationally, as well. Jacob Kent's height of 6'.75" in the high jump currently ranks second while his long jump distance of 23'8" occupies third. Stephen Zagurski holds the second longest distance in the weight throw at 56'1". Jason Walker's weight throw of 55'10.25" follows and stands third in the conference. Sierra Maddox and Haley Holton are tied for third in the conference in the pole vault with a mark of 11'10".

Duncan Ross boasts the OVC's best men's heptathlon score this season with 4057 points. Taylor Coffelt sports the second-best women's pentathlon score with 3450 points.

OVC History
The men's track & field team has won the OVC Indoor Championship on three occasions. This season, the men will look to capture their third consectuive title. Previous individual champions who remain on the roster are Locke (pole vault, 2014) and Kent (high jump, 2012).

The women's team's most recent championship was in 2013, claiming their seventh OVC Indoor title in program history. Ayonna Cartwright is the lone returning indivdual champion on the roster, being named 60m dash champion last year.

Looking Ahead
The NCAA Indoor Championships will be held on March 11-12 in Birmingham, Alabama. Southeast will then begin its outdoor season the following week.