Indiana State sweeps MVC Track and Field weekly honors

ST. LOUIS – Indiana State track and field athletes accounted for all four weekly MVC honors Tuesday afternoon after a plethora of season-best showings at the Sycamore Open, the conference office announced.
 
Terrance O’Bannon was named MVC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week, Noah Bolt garnered MVC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week accolades, Rachel Mehringer was selected MVC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week and Lillian Gibbs was tabbed MVC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week.
 
O’Bannon ran his two fastest all-conditions 100m times of his career on his way to a first-place finish in the event at the Sycamore Open. He clocked a time of 10.20 (w: +4.4) in prelims and followed with a time of 10.23 (w: +2.2) in finals, marking the third time in his last two meets running a 100m time of 10.30 or faster. In addition, he also ran the anchor leg of Indiana State’s 4x100m relay which ran a season-best time of 39.73 to place first. O’Bannon’s 100m time ranks third in program history for all-conditions times, and is also second in the MVC, sixth in the Great Lakes Region, 36th in NCAA East Qualifying and 59th nationally. Indiana State’s 4x100m relay, with O’Bannon on the anchor leg, ranks first in the MVC, fourth in the Great Lakes Region, 30th in NCAA East Qualifying and 46th nationally, excluding B and C teams.
 
Bolt picked up a pair of first-place finishes in throws events at the Sycamore Open, headlined by a career-best effort in the discus. His win in the discus saw him record a top mark of 56.48m (185-4), his third meet over 55 meters this season, and he also had the top finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 60.23m (197-7), going over the 60-meter mark for the sixth meet this season. Bolt owns program top-10 marks in both the discus (fifth) and hammer throw (sixth), and is the only male athlete in the MVC to rank in the top 10 in the conference in three different throws events (shot put, discus, hammer throw). His discus mark ranks first in the MVC, sixth in the Great Lakes Region, 23rd in NCAA East Qualifying and 58th nationally, while his hammer throw mark ranks fourth in the MVC, 15th in the Great Lakes Region and 56th in NCAA East Qualifying.
 
Mehringer broke every 100m hurdles record imaginable with a career-best performance in the event at the Sycamore Open. She ran a wind-legal time of 13.04 (w: +1.7) in prelims and followed with a time of 13.03 (w: +2.3) in finals to place first in the event, both of which were three-tenths of a second faster than anyone in the MVC this season. Mehringer broke the Indiana State facility and school records in the process, while also breaking the Missouri Valley Conference record in the event. She also ran the anchor leg of the Sycamores’ 4x100m relay which placed second with a season-best time of 45.46. In addition to having the fastest 100m hurdles time in conference history, Mehringer ranks second in the Great Lakes Region, eighth in NCAA East Qualifying and 14th nationally in the event. Indiana State’s 4x100m relay, with Mehringer on the anchor leg, ranks third in the MVC, ninth in the Great Lakes Region and 56th in NCAA East Qualifying, excluding B and C Teams.
 
Gibbs broke her own school record in the javelin at the Sycamore Open, recording a career-best mark of 48.04m (157-5) to place second at the meet. It was her fourth meet going over the 45-meter mark in the javelin out of her five meets competed in, the most in the conference, and she also has the top eight javelin marks in the conference this season. Gibbs, who leads the MVC in the javelin by more than two meters, also ranks fifth in the Great Lakes Region, 32nd in NCAA East Qualifying and 67th nationally in the event.

The weekly honors for Bolt and Gibbs are the first in their respective careers. O’Bannon’s weekly honor is the fourth of his career (one outdoor 2025, one indoor 2024-25, two indoor 2023-24), while Mehringer earned her eighth career weekly honor (two outdoor 2025, three indoor 2024-25, one outdoor 2024, two indoor 2023-24). Indiana State’s sweep of the weekly honors was its second in as many seasons, as the Sycamores also accomplished the feat during the 2023-24 indoor campaign.

 

Indiana State sets its sights on repeating as MVC Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Champions Saturday and Sunday, with 2025 MVC Outdoor Championships taking place in Carbondale, Illinois.

 

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