Tribune-Star staff report
TERRE HAUTE — Indiana State senior Kylie Hutson (Terre Haute, Ind.) added another honor to her illustrious career as she was named the Great Lakes Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
“Kylie has had a great season,” John Gartland, ISU women’s track & field coach, said. “She has been extremely consistent and improved greatly this season. She has beaten every good vaulter she has come up against this season. It was just a no brainer for the region coaches to vote for her.”
The selection was made following a vote of coaches representing the schools that comprise the Great Lakes Region which include schools from the Missouri Valley, Big 10, Big East, Mid-American, Atlantic 10, Horizon League, and The Summit League. It is based on the individual’s performance during the current Indoor season.
Hutson has been rewriting the ISU and MVC record books since the first meet of the indoor season. The three-time All-American and reigning NCAA Indoor and Outdoor champion in the women’s pole vault, closed out the regular portion of the indoor season by winning her fourth straight Missouri Valley Conference title.
Her height of 14 feet, 8.25 inches (4.48 meters) established the current ISU and MVC all-time record and is the fourth best height all-time in collegiate history as she became the fifth best performer all-time in collegiate history.
Basketball
• Bees, Warriors in both title games — Honey Creek will oppose Woodrow Wilson in both the sixth- and seventh-grade Vigo County Middle School girls basketball championship games at Terre Haute South starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Both teams advanced by winning semifinal games at two sites on Tuesday.
At Honey Creek, the host Bees defeated visiting Otter Creek in both the sixth-grade game (34-7) and seventh-grade game (38-25).
At Chauncey Rosey, visiting Woodrow Wilson dominated the host Royals 29-4 in the sixth-grade game and 43-10 in the seventh-grade game
Tuesday’s results
At Chauncey Rose
Sixth grade — Woodrow Wilson 29 (Lauren Perelle 11), Chauncey Rose 4 (Desiree Lawson 4).
Seventh grade — Woodrow Wilson 43 (Mandee Eberle 9), Chauncey Rose 10 (Chelsea Miller 4).
At Honey Creek
Sixth grade — Honey Creek 34 (Ali Danielson 11), Otter Creek 7 (Alexzandrea Sladek 3).
Seventh grade — Honey Creek 38 (LIndy Higham 12), Otter Creek 25 (Carson Smith 8)
• ISU’s Luna, Cooley honored — Indiana State senior guard Kelsey Luna has been named Prairie Farms Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second straight season, while junior forward Kelsie Cooley was named to the 2010 MVC Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete Second Team.
Luna becomes the first women’s basketball student-athlete in conference history to earn back-to-back Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors.
Luna’s award also marks the fifth in Indiana State program history. Past Sycamore honorees include Kourtney Mennen (2003), Melanie Boeglin (2006) and Laura Rudolphi (2007).
Track
• ISU women move up in rankings — The Indiana State women’s team moved up to their highest ranking of the season, coming in at 13th in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) poll.
ISU is the highest-ranked school from the Missouri Valley Conference, and remained fifth in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The ISU men’s team dropped one spot to 68th in the USTFCCCA poll, and are 11th in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
Baseball
• Rose ranked 16th — Rose-Hulman has moved up three places to No. 16 nationally in the d3baseball.com weekly poll released on Tuesday.
The Engineers improved from 139 points to 187 points in the second weekly poll of the season.
Rose (5-1) hosts Calvin at 7 p.m. on Friday.
