OVC Indoor Championships
Birmingham, Ala. - Feb. 23 (Day One)
Team Scores: Southeast Missouri 59, Eastern Illinois 47, Belmont 44, UT Martin 18, Tennessee State 16, SIUE 7

--Kevyere Mack posted the top qualifying time of the day in the 60 hurdles (8.29). That mark is a career best.
--Daniel Card placed seventh with a career best in the weight throw (16.29m)
--Roland Prenzler scored for the Cougars with an eighth-place finish in the 5,000m (15:02.19)
--Robert Nuzzo qualified for tomorrow's 60m dash final, placing fifth at 7.02. That mark is a career best.
--Conor McCarthy and Nuzzo advanced to tomorrow's 200m final. McCarthy ran the second fastest time in 21.94 while Nuzzo finished in 22.13.
--The SIUE medley relay team of Zach Walters, Joseph Stone, Tyler Guthrie and Blake Panagos took fifth place (11:00.80)

FROM HEAD COACH MARCUS EVANS
"Day one our team came with great fire for competition. We couldn't have asked for a better start to the championships."

"Dan Card and Kevy were the start we needed and we continued to set ourselves up for points with Bobby and Conor in the 200m."