EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men's and Women's Track & Field picked up a pair of weekly awards Wednesday afternoon as the Ohio Valley Conference named juniors Alex Nolan and Ellie Hall as its respective Male and Female Track Athletes of the Week.
 
Nolan is garnering his second OVC Track Athlete of the Week award after notching one during the indoor season, while Hall picked up her first-career OVC Track Athlete of the Week award after running in her first meet of the season.
 
Last Thursday, Nolan opened the outdoor season with a personal-best time of 30 minutes, 13.64 seconds at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, North Carolina. His time ranks first in the OVC and ninth in the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region.
 
The OVC Cross Country Athlete of the Year is coming off a stellar indoor season that saw him capture conference titles in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships. 
 
Hall, who sat out the indoor season, made a spectacular debut on Friday when she ran the 5,000 meters in a personal-best time of 16:35.35 at the WashU Distance Carnival in St. Louis, Missouri. Her time ranks first in the OVC, ninth in the Great Lakes Region and is sixth all-time at USI.
 
Prior to sitting out the indoor track & field season, Hall was named the OVC Cross Country Athlete of the Year before capturing first-team All-OVC honors with her performance at the OVC Cross Country Championships last fall. She was twice named the OVC Runner of the Week.
 
USI is scheduled to return to action Friday and Saturday when it competes at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana.