OVC bestows its weekly honors on Smith, Hameed

Smith was selected the top male track athlete, while Hameed was the top male field performer.

The Southeast Missouri State men's track team has claimed both Ohio Valley Conference weekly awards for performances last weekend.

Junior Miles Smith was named the OVC male track athlete of the week and freshman Bilal Hameed was honored as the OVC male field athlete of the week.

Smith, a gold medal winner as part of the United States 1,600-meter relay team at the World Championships in Finland last summer, placed third in the invitational 400 meters at the University of Arkansas.

Smith won his heat in 46.97 seconds to provisionally qualify for the NCAA indoor championships.

Hameed was second in the triple jump at the Saluki Booster Meet at Southern Illinois-Carbondale. His distance was 49 feet, 7 1Ú4 inches.

Southeast's men's and women's teams will compete at the University of Illinois on Saturday. Other teams in the Carle/Health Alliance Classic include Illinois, Alabama and Brigham Young.

The 400-meter matchup between Smith and Abe Jones of Illinois will be among the meet's feature races. Jones timed 46.73 to place ahead of Smith at Arkansas.

Gymnasts open home slate

The Southeast gymnastics team will have its first home meet of the season tonight when Winona State visits Houck Field House at 7 p.m.

Southeast has already participated in two meets. The Redhawks (1-2) finished second at the Kentucky Triangular and lost a dual at Illinois State.

It will be meet the team night tonight, with fans welcome to stick around after the meet for an autograph session with the Redhawks. Also, free posters and schedule cards will be distributed.

--From staff reports