SEMO Track & Field

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball assistant Chris Moore and senior forward Joel Angus III are headed to Europe. Southeast announced Thursday that the pair were invited by Global Sports Academy, a not-for-profit that has participated in domestic and international competition for more than 20 years, to compete on the tour, which will span Holland, Germany and Belgium...

Southeast Missouri State put 29 student-athletes on the list of Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor recipients, besting its previous high of 27 a year ago. Each award winner carried a 4.0 GPA for the 2015-16 school year. The Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to student-athletes who achieve the highest GPA in an OVC-sponsored sport...

Southeast Missouri State student-athlete Megan Parks was chosen to serve on the NCAA Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, it was announced Tuesday. Parks, who competes in track & field and cross country, is the president of SAAC at Southeast and has participated in the Ohio Valley Conference's SAAC as well as the 2015 NCAA Leadership Forum...

Southeast Missouri State athletics recently wrapped up another year of competition. Like many other years, it ended with a Redhawks track & field athlete competing at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships, but this year Southeast's baseball team was also still competing in June in an NCAA Regional...

Southeast MIssouri State senior track and field athlete Kevin Farley wrapped up his career Friday with an All-America finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Farley grabbed eighth-place in the discus with a mark of 57.90 meters (189 feet, 11 inches)...

Southeast Missouri State's Kevin Farley finished 10th in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon. Farley, a senior, wrapped up the final event of the opening day with a throw of 61 feet, 9 1/2 inches during his second career outdoor championships appearance...

The first time Kevin Farley competed at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships as a sophomore in 2013, he expected that he'd be able to make it back to represent Southeast Missouri State again as a junior and senior. He finished seventh in the shot put that year, becoming the first Redhawk to be named a first-team All-American since 2008, but a return trip back to Eugene, Oregon, wasn't in the cards for Farley until now...

Southeast Missouri State's Kevin Farley set two new personal records at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary on Saturday, qualifying for the National Outdoor Track and Field Championships in both the discus and shot put. Farley placed fifth in the discus with a personal-best throw of 191 feet, 5 inches. ...

The Southeast Missouri State track and field team will be represented by nine athletes at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships West Prelim next weekend. The Redhawks had competitors qualify in eight individual events and one relay team for the preliminary competition, which will be Thursday through Saturday at the University of Kansas...

The Southeast Missouri State men's track & field team ran away with the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. The Redhawks, who led after the first day of competition on Friday, finished with 199.5 points. Eastern Illinois took second with 140.5 points...

Southeast Missouri State swept the Ohio Valley Conference Male Track & Field Athletes of the Week, announced Wednesday by the university. Junior Marc Maton was tabbed Male Track Athlete of the Week while senior Kevin Farley earned Co-Male Field Athlete of the Week honors, which he shared with Eastern Illinois pole vaulter Eric Gordon...

A late home run downed the Southeast Missouri State softball team in Game 1 of its three-game series vs. Eastern Illinois on Saturday afternoon in Charleston, Illinois. April Markowski snapped a tie with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth to give the Panthers a 4-3 victory...

Southeast Missouri State catcher Brian Lees has joined 100 other college catchers on the Johnny Bench Award watch list. Lees was one of 15 catches added to the list Wednesday, which brings the total to a record 101 catchers. The junior transfer from the University of Akron has started 36 games behind the plate during his first season at Southeast...

Southeast Missouri State senior thrower Kevin Farley broke his own school record in the hammer throw Saturday at the Memphis Invitational. Farley's record-setting throw of 64.42 meters was good for second place. He also won the shot put (18.19) and finished second in the discus (53.86)...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Eastern Kentucky in the nightcap of a doubleheader Saturday in Richmond, Kentucky. The Redhawks dropped a 4-2 decision in Game 1. In Game 2, the Colonels took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when cleanup hitter Sarah Fobbs delivered a two-out, two-run double...

More than $50,000 was raised during Southeast Missouri State's 9th annual Walk for Women on Saturday. The event, which helps fund scholarships for Southeast student-athletes, drew a crowd of about 600 for he 1.6-mile walk around the Cape Girardeau campus...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team were swept by Ohio Valley Conference leader Jacksonville State in a Saturday doubleheader to run the Redhawks' losing streak to seven games. The Gamecocks, undefeated in conference action at 12-0, hit four homers in the doubleheader at the Southeast Softball Complex as they defeated Southeast 6-5 and 9-2 to improve to 22-14 on the season...

Southeast Missouri State senior thrower Kevin Farley's performance at the Drury Hotels Joey Haines Invitational last weekend warranted Ohio Valley Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week honors. Farley won the discus at the Redhawks' home meet with an OVC-best throw of 183 feet, 6 inches. That mark ranks 22nd nationally and is second in school history behind a throw of 192-4 from Neil Rock in 1986...

The Redhawk men won their only home meet of the season while the women's team took third.

A ninth-inning run kept the Southeast Missouri State softball team from picking up two wins against the Belmont Bruins on Friday. The Redhawks defeated Belmont 3-0 in Game 1 of a doubleheader before dropping a 2-1 decision in nine innings to close out the day...

The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team came up short in its quest for the Midwest Independent Conference Championship. The Redhawks posted a season-best 194.375, but Lindenwood topped them with a 194.925 to win its second consecutive title at the six-team event at Houck Field House on Saturday night...

A day after getting its first doubleheader sweep of the season, the Southeast Missouri State softball team got swept in a twin bill at Southeastern Louisiana, the defending Southland Conference champion, on Wednesday in Hammond, Louisiana. The Lions (14-12) took care of the Redhawks (6-11) by scores of 7-1 and 4-3...

The Southeast Missouri State men's track and field team came up six points short in its quest to win a third consecutive Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championship. The Redhawks finished with 134 points, coming in second behind Eastern Illinois' 140. The Panthers won five straight titles prior to Southeast's two-year reign and 15 since 1997...

Southeast Missouri State pole vaulter Christian Locke and gymnast Alexis Brawner each snagged weekly conference honors for the second time this season.

Southeast Missouri State's Marc Maton and Megan Parks each broke school records in the 1,000-meter run at the Redhawks Invitational on Friday night against the University of Memphis. Maton's time of 2 minutes, 26.25 seconds was good for first and bested Paul Stemmerman's time of 2:27.60 from 2009...

Southeast Missouri State senior Christian Locke was selected as Ohio Valley Conference Co-Male Field Athlete of the Week following a first-place finish in the pole vault over the weekend, the conference announced Wednesday. Locke shared the honor with Belmont thrower Del McSpadden...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team opened its season 1-2 during the first two days of the Sand Dollar Classic on Friday and Saturday in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The Redhawks picked up their first victory of the season in Saturday's final game, defeating Houston Baptist 10-7...

The Ohio Valley Conference has taken notice of Southeast Missouri State's Jarred Pasley. The runner was named the OVC Co-Male Track Athlete of the Week for a second consecutive week on Wednesday. Pasley earned a trio of top-10 finishes for the Redhawks at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational over the weekend, including a 400-meter dash time that is the best in the conference thus far this season. His time of 48.53 currently ranks 52nd in the country...

The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team finished third in its tri-meet vs. Missouri and Lindenwood on Friday night. The Redhawks posted a score of 192.300. The host Tigers won the meet with a score of 196.625 -- its highest team total since 2010 -- and Lindenwood was second with 194.000...

Southeast Missouri State sophomore Jarred Pasley picked up the Ohio Valley Conference's Male Track Athlete of the Week honor, it was announced Wednesday. Pasley won the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.11 seconds in Southeast's home meet against SIU Edwardsville last weekend. That time is the best in the OVC in the event so far this season...

The Southeast Missouri State men's and women's indoor track and field teams each claimed victories over visiting SIU Edwardsville on Friday. The Redhawks' men's squad defeated SIUE 77-66 and the women beat the Cougars 76-73 in the dual meet, which was held at Southeast's Student Recreation Center-North...

The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team claimed at least a share of each individual event title and Alexis Brawner won her first all-around title as the Redhawks posted a season high to beat fellow Midwest Independent Conference member Centenary College on Friday night in Shreveport, Louisiana...

The Southeast Missouri State track and field teams posted a pair of second-place team finishes at the Missouri Invitational on Friday night. The women's squad had two individual first-place finishes. Senior Ayonna Cartwright won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.60 seconds while freshman Aaliah Herron took the shot put title with a throw of 13.43 meters...

Five Southeast athletes opened their senior indoor track & field seasons with first-place finishes at the EIU Early Bird Invitational hosted by Eastern Illinois over the weekend in Charleston, Illinois. On the women's side, Ayonna Cartwright placed first in the 60-meter dash in 7.63 seconds, while Kayla Gutierrez won the weight throw competition with a toss of 65 feet, 6.75 inches...

Winter is just around the corner, but Southeast Missouri State track & field is staying busy by heading inside, with the 2015-16 indoor season opening today with the Eastern Illinois Early Bird Invitational in Charleston, Illinois. The Redhawks will be facing off against familiar Ohio Valley Conference foes SIU-Edwardsville and host Eastern Illinois, as well as Illinois State, Western Illinois and Butler. Illinois will send just its women's team...

Weeks removed from finishing eighth in the Class 4 cross country state championship meet, Jackson's Carli Knott signed to continue her career at Southeast Missouri State. The signings of Knott and Oakville High School's Griffin Bailey were announced Thursday morning by the athletic department...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team's weekend trip to SIU Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois ended with a pair of losses. The Redhawks dropped to 7-14 and 3-5 in the OVC. The Redhawks were defeated in five sets by the Panthers in Charleston, Illinois, on Saturday...

Brady Barke has begun his new role as interim director of athletics after Mark Alnutt's resignation went into effect Friday.

Alnutt's hiring by Memphis and resignation from Southeast moves him one step closer to his ultimate career goal of being the athletic director of a school in a Power 5 conference.

A look at some of the top events on the field and off of it for the Redhawks in the 2014-15 school year.

Southeast Missouri State senior long jumper Blake Smith was hoping the third time was the charm for him to earn first-team all-American status. The Jackson, Missouri, native, who already had two second-team all-American finishes at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 60-meter dash and long jump the past two years, came up short of that goal at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon, but concluded his career as a second-team all-American in the long jump with a 15th-place finish.. ...

Local jumpers Blake Smith and Chris Martin both won state titles their season year of high school.

Central graduate and Southeast Missouri State sophomore Chris Martin joined teammate Blake Smith, a graduate of Jackson High School, in qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday. Martin's distance of 51 feet, 8 inches gave him a fifth-place finish at the NCAA West Preliminary at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Martin's previous best this season was 50-6 3/4 at the Joey Haines Invitational in April...

Southeast track & field Jackson native and Southeast Missouri State senior track and field athlete Blake Smith received quite the gift for his birthday on Thursday while competing at the NCAA West Region prelims in Austin, Texas. Smith's jump of 25 feet, 7 inches in the long jump was good for eighth place and a spot in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which will be held June 10 to 13 in Eugene, Oregon...

Southeast Missouri State will send seven track and field athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Preliminary Championships this weekend at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Blake Smith, Blake Carter, Reggie Miller, Chris Martin, Shon Kyle, Jessica Brown and Sarah Hall all qualified for the NCAA West Region prelims...

The Southeast Missouri State men's and women's track and field teams were on pace to defend their Ohio Valley Conference outdoor championship titles after the first day of competition at Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Friday. Both Redhawks squads were in first place following Day 1 of the competition but were overtaken in the standings on Saturday...

Defending their Ohio Valley Conference outdoor track and field championships will not be an easy task for the Southeast Missouri State men's and women's track and field teams. The OVC championships begin today in Clarksville, Tennessee, and conclude Saturday. Both Redhawks squads will try to end the regular season with their best team performance yet after a spring filled with injuries and illness...

Some members of the Southeast Missouri State track and field team got their final tune-up for the upcoming Ohio Valley Conference championships while others rested ahead of the conference meet, which begins Friday. Sarah Hall won the women's shot put event at the Huskie Outdoor Classic hosted by Northern Illinois on Saturday with a distance of 14.79 meters. Teammate Kayla Gutierrez was second with a throw of 14.41 meters...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team has secured a spot in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament for the first time since 2011. The Redhawks swept Austin Peay in a doubleheader on Saturday and officially made the field of eight teams after UT Martin lost twice to Murray State later in the day...

Senior Kayla Fortner homered twice in the Redhawks doubleheader sweep of Eastern Illinois to bring her total to 16 for the season and overtake the mark of 14 set by Michelle Summers in 2007.

A one-out double in the second inning was the only blemish for Southeast Missouri State freshman pitcher Madeline Krumrey in the Redhawks softball team's 1-0 victory over Morehead State in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday at the Southeast Softball Complex...

A trio of Southeast Missouri State track and field athletes received Ohio Valley Conference weekly honors. Blake Smith was named co-male track athlete of the week, Mary Dohogne was named female track athlete of the week and Jason Walker was named co-male field athlete of the week, the league announced Wednesday...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team was handed a pair of walk-off losses on Saturday. Murray State (24-14, 11-5 OVC) scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning in both games of an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader in Murray, Kentucky...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team pushed its winning streak to four games with a 4-3 extra innings walk-off victory over Southern Illinois on Wednesday. The Redhawks and Salukis were tied through nine innings before Savannah Carpenter scored on an error in the 10th to help Southeast secure a victory at the Southeast Softball Complex...

The Southeast Missouri State track and field team made the most of its lone home meet of the outdoor season. The Redhawks claimed 22 event titles at the Joey Haines Invitational at the Abe Stuber Track & Field Complex on Saturday.

The Southeast Missouri State track and field team had three athletes claim first-place finishes to lead the Redhawks at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invite, which concluded Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. Southeast throwers Kayla Gutierrez and Shon Kyle won the hammer throw and shot put, respectively, on Friday while Blake Smith won the 100-meter dash on Saturday...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team earned its second Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader split of the season on Saturday. The Redhawks dropped Game 1 to Tennessee Tech 3-0 in Cookeville, Tennessee, but rebounded to win Game 2 6-4. Southeast (5-12, 2-2 in the OVC) recorded just five hits in Game 1 as TTU's Danielle Liberatore pitched a complete-game shutout. She struck out seven and walked two...

Southeast Missouri State senior track & field athlete Blake Smith described the opportunity to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships on Friday night as "a miracle from God."

Two Southeast Missouri State track & field athletes will compete at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend. Seniors Blake Smith, of Jackson, and Reggie Miller each qualified for the meet, which begins today in Fayetteville, Arkansas...

CHARLESTON, Ill. -- Southeast Missouri State senior Kevin Farley released the shot put and sent his second throw sailing wide right of the sector Saturday morning. His right elbow started throbbing. A sporadically reoccurring nerve pain returned during the most important meet of the indoor track and field season...

Southeast Missouri State junior Ayonna Cartwright and senior Blake Smith picked up Ohio Valley Conference weekly track & field honors. Cartwright was named the Co-Female Track Athlete of the Week while Smith received Male Field Athlete of the Week. Cartwright won the 55-meter dash and the 200-meter at the Redhawks Invite last weekend. ...

When Matt Koelling took over as the jumps coach at Southeast Missouri State University fresh out of college, he never imagined he would help put the program, and the jumps team in particular, on the map.

The Southeast Missouri State men's and women's indoor track and field teams swept to a home victory against Memphis at the Redhawks Invite on Friday at the Student Recreation Center. The men's team defeated the visiting Tigers 81-37 while the women's team won 72-41...

The Redhawks lost 8-5 to Alabama State and 11-3 to the University of Louisiana-Monroe on Friday before picking up an 11-7 victory over Grambling State on Saturday at the Mardi Gras Classic in Monroe, Louisiana. Alabama State plated three runs in the bottom of the third to take a 3-0 lead...

Southeast Missouri State track & field athlete and Central graduate Chris Martin continued the Redhawks' string of Ohio Valley Conference Field Athlete of the Week honors. The sophomore was named the male field athlete of the week on Wednesday. The Redhawks have earned at least one of the OVC's weekly field athlete awards -- men's and women's -- throughout the first six weeks...

The defending Ohio Valley Conference regular-season champion Southeast Missouri State baseball team was voted as the favorite to win the title this season in the preseason poll. The Redhawks, who were 23-7 in conference last year, received 12 of the 22 first-place votes and 187 points in the poll, which is voted on by the league's coaches and sports information directors...

The Southeast Missouri State track and field team competed at the Indiana Relays on Friday and Saturday. Blake Smith placed third in the 60-meter final with a time of 6.77, while Chris Navarro finished third in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.20. Smith also took second in the long jump...

The Southeast Missouri State track and field team continued its string of Ohio Valley Conference weekly honors on Wednesday. Senior Reggie Miller was the latest Redhawk to be named the OVC's field athlete of the week. His jump of 52 feet, 9 inches, in the triple jump at the Gateway Dual Meet against SIU Edwardsville on Saturday is the fourth-longest triple jump in the country...

After getting off to its worst start of the season in a three-team meet hosted by defending co-national champion Oklahoma on Friday night, the Southeast Missouri State women's gymnastics team rebounded to post season highs on the vault and uneven bars in its final two rotations...

The Southeast Missouri State men's and women's track and field teams returned to action with multiple personal records and top five finishes on Saturday at the Illini Classic. The men finished second out of eight teams with 124 points, while the women took fourth with a score of 80.85...

A pair of Southeast Missouri State athletes earned weekly conference honors. Senior thrower Kevin Farley was named the Ohio Valley Conference's male field Athlete of the Week while sophomore gymnast Ashley Thomas was named the Midwest Independent Conference Gymnast of the Week...

Longtime Southeast Missouri State track & field coach Joey Haines was inducted into the into the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Coaches Hall of Fame on Monday.

The Southeast Missouri State track and field team rewrote the record book in just its first indoor meet of the season. Seniors Kevin Farley and Blake Smith, a Jackson native, each broke a school record in the Redhawks first indoor meet of the season at Eastern Illinois' EIU Early Bird meet on Friday...

When the Southeast Missouri State cross country team begins its season Saturday morning at the Gabby Reuveni Early Bird in St. Louis it will take another step toward its ultimate goal of finishing in the top three on both the men's and women's sides of the Ohio Valley Conference Championship meet...

Longtime Southeast Missouri State track & field coach Joey Haines will be inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the USTFCCCA announced Wednesday. Haines, who coached for 26 years at Southeast before retiring in 2008, will be honored in a induction ceremony Dec. ...

Notre Dame graduate Marissa New started attending Southeast Missouri State track and field meets as a sophomore in high school, which quickly led her to believe that's where she wanted to attend college, and hopefully compete as a thrower. That's exactly what happened as New signed a letter of intent with Southeast on Monday...

Southeast Missouri State track and field athlete Reggie Miller Jr. finished 17th in the triple jump and Jackson graduate and University of Missouri track and field athlete Jill Rushin finished 12th in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

The Southeast junior follows father's advice, reaches national outdoor meet in the triple jump

The Southeast Missouri State track and field team had to wait until the final event at the NCAA West Region Preliminary Championships to qualify an athlete for the national meet. Junior Reggie Miller finished in 11th place in the triple jump at John McDonnel Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Miller recorded a distance of 51 feet, 4 1/2 inches to just make the top 12 and earn a spot in the event at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 14...

Southeast Missouri State did not have any track and field athletes qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships on the opening day NCAA West Region Preliminary Championships on Thursday at John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The top 12 individuals advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships from each event...

The Southeast Missouri State track and field team sent competitors to the Georgia Tech Invitational and Louisville Cardinal Twilight on Friday and Saturday. The meets were the last opportunity to improve or set NCAA West Region qualifying marks. Charles Johnson finished fourth place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Friday with a time of 9 minutes, 11.41 seconds...

The Southeast Missouri State track and field team followed its sweep at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships with a limited team competing at the Sam Williams Twilight Qualifier in Emporia, Kansas, on Saturday. The Redhawks claimed four event wins in the meet...

The Southeast Missouri State men's and women's track and field teams won the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships on Saturday. The Southeast men scored 207 points to defeat second-place Eastern Illinois, which scored 194 1/2. The Southeast women scored 141 points to win. Austin Peay followed in second with 133 1/2...

Three members of the Southeast Missouri State baseball team were named to the Capital One Academic All-District team. Seniors Cole Bieser and Derek Gibson along with junior Jason Blum received the honor, which is chosen by the College Sports Information Directors of America...

The Redhawks had two athletes recognized on the eve of the conference meet

Southeast Missouri State freshman and Central graduate Chris Martin won the triple jump with a distance of 51 feet, 11 3/4 inches at the Arkansas State Red Wolves Open on Saturday. The mark ranks third in the NCAA West region and tied Southeast's Reggie Miller's Ohio Valley Conference-leading mark...

The Southeast tennis team's chances of making the Ohio Valley Conference tournament came to an end with a 6-1 loss to Murray State on Saturday at the Redhawks Tennis Complex. Melissa Martin was the only Redhawk to secure a point when she defeated Erin Patton 6-2, 7-5 in No. 6 singles...

The Redhawks won 17 events at the Joey Haines Invitational.

The Southeast track and field team claimed several of the top spots during the Memphis Invitational on Saturday in Memphis, Tenn. The Redhawks won five events, with several other finishers close behind. Southeast freshman Marc Matone won the men's 3000-meter run with a time of 8 minutes, 54.36 seconds while sophomore Shane Brown finished second and junior Colten Strotheide came in third...

Navarro nabs OVC honor Southeast Missouri State track and field athlete Chris Navarro was named the Ohio Valley Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week for the first week of the outdoor season. Navarro, a junior, won the decathlon at the Alabama Relays last weekend after claiming first place in the 110-meter hurdles, high jump, javelin and shot put events...

The Southeast Missouri State tennis team remained undefeated in the Ohio Valley Conference after handing Morehead State its first conference loss on Saturday at the Redhawks Tennis Complex. The Redhawks' 4-3 defeat of the of the Eagles marks Southeast's fifth consecutive win...

Southeast Missouri State track and field athlete Blake Smith was named the Male Athlete of the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship. The Jackson High School graduate won two events en route to the men's first championship since the 1996 indoor season...

Southeast Missouri State sophomore Blake Smith placed 14th at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in Albuquerque, N.M. Smith's best jump of the competition was 23 feet, 5 1/2-inches. Smith, a Class 4 state long jump champion from Jackson High School, had qualified for the national meet with a jump of 25 4 1/2, which won the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships...

Southeast Missouri State's Blake Smith finished 14th in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday night.

It may sound odd, but it took failing on a big stage to convince Southeast Missouri State track and field athlete Blake Smith that long jump was something he could be good at. "I qualified for the junior Olympics [when I was 12 or 13], and I went to that and I didn't do very good," Smith said following a practice earlier this week. ...

The Southeast Missouri State men's track and field team won the Ohio Valley Conference indoor championship for just the second time in school history on Saturday at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn. The Redhawks finished with 161 points ahead of perennial power Eastern Illinois (144 points) and host Tennessee State (118) to win their first indoor title since 1996...

Southeast Missouri State's Kevin Farley and Chris Martin both earned Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field postseason honors. Farley was named the OVC Male Field Athlete of the Year while Martin was named the OVC Male Co-Freshman of the Year...

Southeast Missouri State's Blake Smith and Kayla Gutierrez earned Ohio Valley Conference Male and Female Field Athletes of the Week honors. Smith, a Jackson High School graduate, was named the OVC co-Male Field Athlete of the Week with Eastern Illinois' Peter Gerarghty...

Southeast Missouri State track and field athletes Blake Smith and Kayla Gutierrez set personal and school records in the Redhawks Invitational track meet against Memphis on Friday. Smith finished first in the men's long jump with a personal best jump of 25 feet, 4 inches. ...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team opened its season with a pair of road wins against Oral Roberts on Friday and Saturday, and will have a chance to sweep the three-game series today. The Redhawks (2-0) used a four-run eighth inning that included a three-run home run by Branden Boggetto to defeat ORU 7-5 on Saturday...