Southeast Missouri State's Carter honored by OVC after 25-foot jump

Southeast Missouri State junior Blake Carter was named the Ohio Valley Conference male field athlete of the week on Tuesday.

Carter won the long jump with a school-record leap of 25 feet, 6 inches at Friday's Redhawks Invitational. It was his third long jump title of the indoor season. The jump, tied for sixth-best in the nation, was over two feet further than his previous best.

Carter, who also earlier this year set Southeast's indoor 60-meter dash record, earned his second weekly OVC award of the season

Southeast competes at the OVC Indoor Championships this weekend in Charleston, Ill.

-- From staff report