Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Price-Smith, McCall earn USTFCCCA Midwest Region honors
03/07/2012 | 12:00:00 | Track and Field
March 7, 2012
SIUSalukis.com
NEW ORLEANS -- The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Monday region award winners for the 2012 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field season as voted by the region-specific coaches.
Among the regional winners, Jeneva McCall was voted the Midwest Region women's field athlete of the year and SIU head coach Connie Price-Smith was named the Midwest Region Men's Coach of the Year.
A senior from Dolton, Ill., McCall leads the nation in the weight throw by nearly seven feet, having marked a season's best of 77-11½ (23.76m). McCall, the Missouri Valley champ with the weight and the shot, ranks No. 4 on the all-time collegiate list in the weight throw.
Four-time Olympian Connie Price-Smith guided the Salukis to the Missouri Valley Conference championship. Weight thrower JC Lambert, pole vaulter Cody Doerflein, miler Zach Dahleen and the Distance Medldey Relay were conference champions.
The Saluki women also climbed one spot in the USTFCCCA weekly rankings. Southern Illinois is ranked eleventh in the nation heading into the NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend. SIU is the only non-BCS school ranked in the top 25.
The NCAA Indoor Championships will be held March 9-11 in Boise, Idaho.
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