CARBONDALE – Indiana State earns the 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field Champions Men’s and Women’s Titles for the second year in a row after claiming the top spots last year. With a women’s final team score of 140.50 points and men’s final team score of 208 points. This is Indiana State’s 14
th men’s program MVC title and ninth for the women, totaling the Sycamore program to 23 MVC Outdoor Track and Field Championship titles.
Finals Team Score Rankings –
Women:
- Indiana State – 140.50 points
- Illinois State – 119 points
- Northern Iowa – 110 points
- Missouri State – 90 points
- Bradley -76 points
- Southern Illinois – 75 points
- Belmont – 73 points
- Murray State - 64.50 points
- Drake – 63 points
- UIC – 8 points
- Valparaiso & Evansville
Men:
- Indiana State – 208 points
- Illinois State – 151 points
- Northern Iowa – 124 points
- Drake – 85 points
- Southern Illinois – 79 points
- Belmont – 64 points
- Bradley – 54 points
- Evansville – 36 points
- Valparaiso – 17points
- UIC – 10 points
Specialty Awards:
Women’s Elite 18 Award Recipient – Brooke Garter of Belmont – 4.00 GPA in Mathematics
Men’s Elite 18 Award Recipient – Will Staggs of Indiana State – 3.96 GPA in Applied Medicine
Women’s Most Valuable Athlete – Leah Thames, Southern Illinois
Men’s Most Valuable Athlete - Casey Hood Jr., Indiana State
Women’s Freshman of the Year – Justice Boston, Indiana State & Emma Yoder, Indiana State
Men’s Freshman of the Year – Andre Jackson II, Southern Illinois
Women’s Most Outstanding Track Athlete – Rachel Mehringer, Indiana State
Men’s Most Outstanding Track Athlete – Casey Hood Jr., Indiana State
Women’s Most Outstanding Field Athlete – Brendan Safley Northern Iowa
Men’s Most Outstanding Field Athlete – Katie Fare, Northern Iowa
Today’s Events:
The women’s 4x100 meter relay was won by Southern Illinois with a time of 44.62. For the men, Indiana State claimed the title with a time of 39.79.
Brogan Giffin of Drake claimed the men’s 1500 meter run title for the Bulldogs with a time of 3:45.30 followed by Jack Crull of Bradley in second with a time of 3:45.62 and Jaxson Copelin of Bradley in third with a time of 3:46.40. Kaitlyn Sheppard of Bradley claimed the women’s 1500m run title for the Braves with a time of 4:16.84 followed by Brooke Garter of Belmont in second with a time of 4:18.74 and Alessia Sarussi of UIC in third.
In the 110 meter hurdles Collin Forrest of Indiana State claimed the MVC title with a top time of 14.09 followed by Kevyere Mack in runner-up honors with a time of 14.09 for the Redbirds and rounding out the top three is Parker Doyle of Indiana State with a time of 14.26. In the 100 meter hurdles Rachel Mehringer of Indiana State claimed the MVC title with a top time of 13.07 followed by Erin Starks of Illinois State in runner-up honors with a time of 13.51 for the Illinois State and rounding out the top three is Corrina Courser of Illinois State with a time of 13.62.
In the men’s 400 meter Andre Jackson II of Southern Illinois claimed the individual title with a time of 45.75 followed by Jake Welch of Illinois State with a time of 46.97 in a second place finish. Parker Kiewit of Northern Iowa claimed third with a time of 46.93 to round out the top three. For the women’s 400 meter Leah Thames of SIU claimed the individual title with a time of 53.04 followed by Teanna Bell of Southern Illinois with a time of 53.15 in a second place finish. Amiyah Davis of Bradley claimed third with a time of 54.36 to round out the top three.
Lindsey Miller of Illinois State claimed the women’s 100 meter dash title with a time of 11.54 followed by Faith Bostick of Murray State’s time of 11.56 and Olivia Rogers of Missouri State’s time of 11.59 in third place. In the men’s 100 meter dash Terrance O’Bannon of Indiana State claimed the top time of 10:36. Casey Hood Jr., of Indiana State followed in second place with a time of 10. 38 Raymond Felton II of Evansville claimed third with a time of 10.51.
In the men’s 800 meter run Jamie Phillips of Bradley stopped the clock at 1:47.74. Jack Crull of Bradley took second with a time of 1:48.63 and Drake Hanson of UNI followed in third with 1:48.63. In the women’s 800 meter run Emilie Meyer of Drake stopped the clock at 2:04.87. Alex Adams of Missouri State took second with a time of 2:08.61 and Trixie Wraith of Bradley followed in third with 1:09.16.
In the 400 meter Hurdles Shane Ashton of Southern Illinois earned the winning title for the Saluki men with a time of 50.54. The 400 meter Hurdles Carlie Jo Fusco of Northern Iowa earned the winning title for the Panther women with a time of 58.85.
The men’s 200 meter dash was won by Casey Hood, Jr. with a time of 20.72 for the Sycamores. In runner-up honors EJ Nwagwu of Illinois State stopped the clock at a time of 20.82 followed by Raymond Felton II of Evansville in third with a time of 21.07. The women’s 200 meter dash was won by Leah Thames with a time of 23.38 for the Salukis. In runner-up honors Olivia Rogers of Missouri State stopped the clock at a time of 23.65 followed by Erin Starks of Illinois State in third with a time of 23.86.
In the men’s 5000 meter run, Jayde Rosslee of Bradley claimed the top time of 14:14.13. For the runner-up honors Aidan Ramsey of Drake with a time of 14:27.33, followed by Daniel Chavez of UIC’s time of 14:27.44 for the Flames. In the women’s 5000 meter run, Brooke Garter of Belmont claimed the top time of 16:42.50 followed by Kaitlyn Sheppard of Bradley’s time of 16:44.90 for the Braves. In third, Tyla Lumley of Drake stopped the clock at 16:44.90 for the Bulldogs.
The 4x400 meter men’s title was claimed by Southern Illinois with a winning time of 3:06.17 followed by Illinois State with a time of 3:06.89 and Northern Iowa in third. The 4x400 meter women’s title was claimed by Southern Illinois with a winning time of 3:38.89. Missouri State claimed second with a time of 3:39.41 and Northern Iowa in third with a time of 3:39.70.
The women’s high jump was claimed by Diamonasia Taylor of Murray State with a winning height of 1.81m. In second place Josie Moreland of UNI jumped a height of 1.78m followed by Rylie Todd of UNI in third. The men’s high jump was claimed by Rob Pulliam of Illinois State with a winning height of 2.08m. In second place Noah Gilmore of Indiana State jumped a height of 2.02m followed by Trey Thomas of Indiana State in third. The women’s triple jump was claimed by Jahnel Bowman of Indiana State with a winning jump of 12.38m. The men’s triple jump was claimed by Victor Byaundaombe of Illinois state with a winning jump of 14.94m.
The women’s hammer was claimed by Rebekah Stucker of Belmont with a winning throw of 62.09 meters. The men’s hammer was claimed by Adam Phillips of Drake with a winning throw of 64.13 meters . Katie Fare of UNI claimed the women’s shot put title with a best toss of 16.94 meters followed by Logan Gray of Belmont in second and Aliseonna Garnett of Indiana State in third. For the men’s title Ethan Elliot of Drake claimed the top spot with a mark of 18.66 meters. Sloan Cox of Indiana State followed with a mark of 18.62 meters for second and Spencer Kessel of UNI claimed third.
In the Decathlon, Zack Butcher of UNI claimed the title with a overall score of 7379 followed by Ariel Atias of Illinois State with a score of 6945 and Jacob Ottersbach of Indiana State in third with an 6881 score. In the Heptathlon, Joey Perry of Northern Iowa claimed the top spot with a score of 5163 followed by Kiley Sanders of Illinois State for second with a score of 4923 and Lindley Johnston of Murray State in third with 4879.