Final Results
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa. – The University of Evansville men's and women's track and field teams closed out the indoor season at the 2020 Missouri Valley Conference Championship.
Following up with another record-breaking performance, Anna Lowry produced another remarkable day, finishing in third place in the 3,000-meter run (9:50.99), just .08 seconds behind the next runner, knocking almost 15 seconds off the school record to earn her second all-conference honor of the weekend.
Stanley Chepchieng took home fifth place in the triple jump with a school record 14.51-meter leap. Izzy Dawson put points up for the Aces with an eighth place 2:25.90 in the 800-meter run. Dawson and Chepchieng both earned MVC honorable mention.
Joey Rucinski took 10th place in the heptathlon, setting a new school record with 3,922 points, while Justus Donaldson came in 11th at 3,619 points.
Baylee Geng (8.93m) and Brittany Corley (8.86m) competed in the women's shot put for UE, while Michael Boots (14.01m), Zach Dove (13.77m) and Andrew Schuler (13.00m) took on the shot put on the men's side.
The Aces finished the day with the 4x400-meter relay, teamed by Haylee Harmeyer, Skylar Tucker, Gwyn Gorley and Sierra Kelley, finishing at 4:15.99. The men finished in 3:34.46, with a team of Brendon Smith, Chepchieng, Phil Dzienciol and Peter Blok.
As a team both the men and the women posted program best point finishes at MVC indoors with 15 points and an eighth-place finish for the women, while the men finished ninth with 4.50 points. Â
The Purple Aces return in outdoor season at the Margaret Simmons Invite on March 13 in Murray Ky.
