Hosting the first Ohio Valley Conference championship event in school history, the SIUE track and field team completed the first day of OVC Outdoor Championships Friday at Korte Stadium.

For the first time in school history, SIUE will be hosting an Ohio Valley Conference Championship event when it plays host to the 2014 OVC Outdoor Track and Field Championship this weekend at Korte Stadium.

Claire Brown and Elizabeth Hampl represented the SIUE track and field program at the 105th Drake Relays Saturday morning.

The SIUE women s track and field team will have a pair of representatives at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend.

For the third consecutive week, the SIUE track and field program had multiple athletes included in the Ohio Valley Conference s weekly honors.

The SIUE track and field team hosted its second home meet of the outdoor season Saturday afternoon, welcoming 12 other programs to the Gateway Invite at Korte Stadium.

Elizabeth Hampl and Jessica Oranika of the SIUE women s track and field team were both honored by the Ohio Valley Conference for their performances at the Missouri Relays on Saturday.

The SIUE track and field team kept its outdoor season rolling by competing in the Missouri Relays on a blustery Saturday afternoon.

The SIUE track and field program will return to action this weekend when they travel to Columbia, Mo., for the Missouri Relays Saturday afternoon.

The SIUE track and field team claimed OVC Athlete of the Week recipients in all four categories of the award after a number of impressive individual performances at the Florida Relays last weekend.