Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Eason, Hurley named MVC Athletes of the Week
05/01/2018 | 1:01:00 | Track and Field
ST. LOUIS — Tyjuana Eason and Ricky Hurley have been named Missouri Valley Conference Athletes of the Week, the Valley announced Tuesday. Eason earned her second MVC Women's Track Athlete of the Week honor this season while Hurley was named the MVC Men's Field Athlete of the Week for the fourth time this season after their respective performances at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational, hosted by University of Louisville.
Tyjuana Eason | Jr. | Kankakee, Ill.
Eason took second in the 100m dash and helped SIU to a win in the 4x100 relay this past weekend's Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational. Eason ran 11.66 in the 100m dash to finish second and later combined with Genesis Ewell, Shafiqua Maloney and Bri'Anna Branch to run the second-fastest 4x100 relay time in school history. The quartet ran 44.94 to win the event in a 12-team field which featured relay squads from Minnesota, Illinois State and Louisville. Not only was Southern's sprint relay time the second-fastest in school history but it again gives the Salukis the fastest relay time in the Missouri Valley Conference this season.
Ricky Hurley | So. | Fox River Grove, Ill.
Hurley's impressive outdoor season continued at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational, hosted by Louisville. The Fox River Grove, Ill. native won both the shot put and the hammer throw and added a runner-up finish in the discus. Hurley opened Friday with a win in the hammer throw at 203'-6" (62.04m) and added a victory in the shot put with an outdoor PR of 60'-3.75" (18.38m). He later notched a lifetime-best in the discus at 184'-11" (56.37m) to finish second. Hurley currently ranks in the top-25 in the NCAA West Region in the discus (13th), shot put (17th) and hammer throw (23rd) and is one of two male throwers in the NCAA, along with Georgia's Denzel Comenentia, to rank in the top-25 regionally for all three events.
Tyjuana Eason | Jr. | Kankakee, Ill.
Eason took second in the 100m dash and helped SIU to a win in the 4x100 relay this past weekend's Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational. Eason ran 11.66 in the 100m dash to finish second and later combined with Genesis Ewell, Shafiqua Maloney and Bri'Anna Branch to run the second-fastest 4x100 relay time in school history. The quartet ran 44.94 to win the event in a 12-team field which featured relay squads from Minnesota, Illinois State and Louisville. Not only was Southern's sprint relay time the second-fastest in school history but it again gives the Salukis the fastest relay time in the Missouri Valley Conference this season.
Ricky Hurley | So. | Fox River Grove, Ill.
Hurley's impressive outdoor season continued at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational, hosted by Louisville. The Fox River Grove, Ill. native won both the shot put and the hammer throw and added a runner-up finish in the discus. Hurley opened Friday with a win in the hammer throw at 203'-6" (62.04m) and added a victory in the shot put with an outdoor PR of 60'-3.75" (18.38m). He later notched a lifetime-best in the discus at 184'-11" (56.37m) to finish second. Hurley currently ranks in the top-25 in the NCAA West Region in the discus (13th), shot put (17th) and hammer throw (23rd) and is one of two male throwers in the NCAA, along with Georgia's Denzel Comenentia, to rank in the top-25 regionally for all three events.
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