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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The final indoor track meet of the 2022 season will take place on Sunday and Monday for the University of Evansville track and field teams, as the Purple Aces will take part in the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships at Gately Park Track & Field Center in Chicago, Illinois.
So far this year, Evansville has been busy rewriting the indoor record books at UE, as the Purple Aces have already either set or tied four men's records and two women's records during the course of the indoor season. The Purple Aces have also established 43 personal-best marks in its first four indoor meets of 2022.
"We have to keep the same mindset that we have all year long this weekend," said UE track and field head coach Don Walters. "We need to focus on doing our job and focus on setting a new PR.
"We cannot worry about anything else. We just need to go out and do our job and focus on us."
Senior Trey Riggs (Ft. Branch, Ind./Gibson Southern) will be looked upon to help lead the UE men's team, after finishing eighth in the 60-meter hurdles last year at the indoor conference meet. Riggs also established a new UE indoor long jump record earlier this year with a jump of 6.66 meters.
Junior thrower Zach Dove (Princeton, Ind./Princeton Community) has also been coming on strong of late, as he set a new school standard in the weight throw on February 5 at the Don DeNoon Invitational, before setting a new personal standard in the shot put last weekend at Indiana State.
On the women's side, graduate student Anna Lowry (Taylorville, Ill./Taylorville) will look to defend her 5,000-meter title at the Valley Championships. Lowry has earned a podium finish in the 5,000-meters in each of the last two MVC Indoor Championship meets, and is also the reigning 10,000-meter outdoor champion in the Valley.
Senior Taiza Alexander (Berea, Ky./Berea Community) also tied the UE indoor record in the long jump last weekend at Indiana State, while also holding the school record in the 60-meter dash, set at last year's Valley Indoor Championships.
