EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana junior Isaac Stanford has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Male co-Track Athlete of the Week in an announcement by the league office Wednesday afternoon.
 
Stanford finished third in the 800 meters at the Eastern Indoors in Louisville, Kentucky, last Friday and broke the program's all-time indoor record in the event with his time of one minute, 53.05 seconds. Sophomore Cole Hess set the previous mark a year ago when he ran the 800 meters in 1:53.17 at the 2024 ISU Open.
 
A native of Flora, Illinois, and a graduate of Flora High School, Stanford currently ranks fifth in the OVC in the 800 meters. The Vincennes University transfer also ranks ninth in the OVC in the mile, 19th in the 3,000 meters and is on USI's seventh-ranked 4x400-meter relay team.
 
This marks the first time since 2023 that USI Men's Track & Field has had a student-athlete win OVC Track Athlete of the Week and the first-time in program history that they have won OVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week.
 
The Eagles' men altered their schedule this weekend as they will only compete at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational Friday in Boston, Massachusetts.