Eli Cook contended with lack of rest from a previous day’s track meet, temperatures in the 30s and a dead-end to be the first to cross the finish line Saturday at the Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon.
Cook, 20, bested more than 1,500 runners and walkers to be first in the 13.1-mile race that started and ended at the Old State Capitol. His time was 1 hour 16 minutes 34 seconds.
It was the first half marathon race for Cook of Rochester, who is a sophomore on the cross country team at the University of Illinois Springfield.
“We ran a track meet (Friday) night. We ran a 5K in St. Louis at 6:40 p.m. I got back to my dorm at 1:30 (Saturday morning) and woke up, rolled out of bed and came here and ran,” Cook said.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on April 3, 2016.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
UIS baseball team sweeps Southern Indiana
The University of Illinois Springfield swept a doubleheader against a ranked opponent, beating Southern Indiana 9-8 and 5-1 Saturday in Great Lakes Valley Conference games.
The Prairie Stars (11-10 overall, 4-2 in the GLVC) were coming off a 13-5 win Tuesday over NCAA Division I Western Illinois. Southern Indiana is ranked 30th in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division II poll.
Up 6-5 in the first game, UIS scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning. Austin Muench and Adam Warda drew bases-loaded walks after Gabriel Acevedo and Jason Galeano were both hit by pitches. Ryan Walling hit a sacrifice fly and Trey Hannam scored.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on April 1, 2016.
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The Prairie Stars (11-10 overall, 4-2 in the GLVC) were coming off a 13-5 win Tuesday over NCAA Division I Western Illinois. Southern Indiana is ranked 30th in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division II poll.
Up 6-5 in the first game, UIS scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning. Austin Muench and Adam Warda drew bases-loaded walks after Gabriel Acevedo and Jason Galeano were both hit by pitches. Ryan Walling hit a sacrifice fly and Trey Hannam scored.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on April 1, 2016.
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Softball: Prairie Stars end losing streak
The University of Illinois Springfield snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 4-1 win followed by a 13-3 victory over Lewis in a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader.
Lewis took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning of the first game. Madi Torry and Briana Edgar hit RBI singles in the bottom of the inning and UIS led 2-1.
In the first inning of the second game, Amanda Gosbeth hit a three-run homer, Alexa McClaughry had a two-run double and Jordyn Larsen hit a RBI double and the Prairie Stars were ahead 6-1.
UIS improved to 12-22 overall and 4-12 in the GLVC. Lewis is 15-19-1 and 4-11-1.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on April 1, 2016.
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Lewis took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning of the first game. Madi Torry and Briana Edgar hit RBI singles in the bottom of the inning and UIS led 2-1.
In the first inning of the second game, Amanda Gosbeth hit a three-run homer, Alexa McClaughry had a two-run double and Jordyn Larsen hit a RBI double and the Prairie Stars were ahead 6-1.
UIS improved to 12-22 overall and 4-12 in the GLVC. Lewis is 15-19-1 and 4-11-1.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on April 1, 2016.
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