LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Junior Alex Nolan won gold in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters to lead University of Southern Indiana Men's Track & Field to a fourth-place finish at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships.
 
Nolan began the two-day event by successfully defending his title in the 5,000 meters Tuesday evening. He finished the race in 14 minutes, 11.89 seconds, nearly 37 seconds faster than that of the second-place finisher.
 
On Wednesday, Nolan concluded the OVC Indoor Championships with a first-place finish in the 3,000 meters, edging out teammate Layden Wagoner by just 1.55 seconds.
 
Wagoner was second in the 3,000 meters after finishing third in the 5,000 meters Tuesday evening. He crossed the finish line in the 5,000 with just one shoe.
 
USI, which finished the meet with 66 points, had a total of six podium finishes and three individual titles.
 
Freshman Kraedyn Young won the mile a day after helping the Screaming Eagles' distance medley relay team to a second-place finish. Young, who finished the mile 4:09.84, ran the anchor leg on the DMR and erased a wide gap to get USI to within 1.43 seconds of the winning time.
 
Joining Young on the DMR were juniors Cole Hess and Tyler Zimmerman as well as sophomore Griffen Wheeler.
 
Hess and Wheeler also posted scoring performances in the 800 meters and the mile. Hess finished fifth in the 800, while Wheeler was sixth in the mile.
 
Senior Dominick Beine and junior Landen Swiney also scored for USI, which ended the opening day in second place with a team score of 31 points. Beine and Swiney were fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 5000 meters as USI placed four runners in the top six of the competition.
 
The Screaming Eagles are scheduled to open the outdoor season March 26-27 with the WashU Distance Carnival in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Jim Vargo Invitational March 28 in Louisville.