SOUTHEAST SQUADS TAKE SECOND TIE IN OVC MEET

MURRAY, Ky. -- Southeast Missouri State University's men's and women's track and field teams both took second place in the Ohio Valley Conference Championships Saturday.

Tennessee State barely got past the Otahkians. TSU scored 128.5 points while Southeast came up just short at 122.

Eastern Illinois won on the men's side with 269 points, followed by Southeast with 200. The next closest men's team, Eastern Kentucky, scored 84.5.

"We did as much as we could with what we had. We competed hard," said Southeast coach Joey Haines. "On the men's side, 200 points is what I thought we'd score. Usually as a coach you're always overly optimistic. You never score what you think you will, but we did as well as we could do. I've never heard of 200 points not winning the meet.

"We were also very happy with the women. We scored about as many points as we could."

Southeast won eight individual events on Saturday in addition to the four winners on Friday.

The women's championship wasn't decided until the final race, the 4x400 relay. Tennessee State took first in that event while Southeast tied with Austin Peay for second.

Southeast's Heather Keltner was a double winner, taking first in the 200 (24.29) and the 400 (54.11). Natalie Talley took first place in the 100 (12.34).

On the men's side, Glenn Haley won the 110 hurdles (14.63) and the 400 hurdles (52.31). Southeast's 4x100 relay team of Leslie Weaver, Emmanuel Opoku, Chris Donze and Derrick Brown finished first in 3:12.90. Other winners were: Tyson Brown (800, 1:52.72), Jay Heddell (discus, 161-08) and Shelton Scott (triple jump, 47-11.75).

Southeast's men's team had second-place finishes in six events.

Complete results can be found in Scoreboard on Page 4B.