BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Little Rock Track and Field men's team won the program's first-ever indoor conference title while the women finished second on the final day of the Ohio Valley Conference Championships on Thursday. The men's team scored a program high 180 points in route to the championship, while the women recorded a total of 125.5 points for the meet.
Director of Track and Field
J.P. Behnke was named the OVC Men's Coach of the Year.
Alexia Washington was named the OVC Field Athlete of the Year after capping off her freshman season with a second place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 12.36m.
The men's team crowned six conference champions.
Matthew Fox repeated as heptathlon champion with a meet record 5,040 points. Fox won the 60m hurdles (8.22) and the pole vault (15-1) and placed seventh in the 1,000m (2:59.31).
Andrew Payton won the mile with a time of 4:10.25 to repeat as champion.
Cogan DeRousselle won the 60m hurdles with a personal best time of 7.98 with
Matthew Tyeskie with a close second in 7.99.
Frankie Grey won both the 400m with a personal best time of 47.67 and in the 200m with a personal best time of 21.42 ranking him eighth in school records.
Troy McKnight won the 100m with a time of 6.77.
In the women's competition, three athletes won their events for the day.
Landri Schreier won the 60m with a time of 7.57.
Aaliyah Mathis won the shot put recording a distance of 14.48m (47-6.25).
Marcie Cudworth placed first in the 3000m with a personal best time of 9:49.88.
Brooklyn Marcee broke the school record she previously held in the pole vault with a vault of 3.85m (12-7.50).
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