CARBONDALE, Ill. – The record-breaking season continues for fifth-year senior Grace Beattie, who broke the meet record and won her second-straight Missouri Valley Conference 3,000-meter steeplechase title on day two of the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships.
Beattie took down former Redbird Kristen Zillmer's 2014 meet record of 10:10.72 by more than three seconds, clocking in at a winning time of 10:07.04. In addition to Beattie, Jordyn Bruce and Grace Daun were also crowned MVC Champions on day two, winning the heptathlon and high jump for the 'Birds.
Bruce won her first MVC championship in the heptathlon, recording a personal best in six out of the seven events and improving her total score by over 400 points.