ST. LOUIS - The Indiana State Men's Track & Field team was picked third and the Sycamore women were tabbed to finish second in the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Pre-Championship Poll, the Valley announced Thursday morning.
On the men's side, Illinois State was once again picked to win the conference championships with 77 points and 6 first place votes, while UNI was picked second with three first place votes and 71 points. ISU picked up 64 points in third and was chosen in front of Southern Illinois, Bradley, Drake, Loyola, Valparaiso and Evansville.
In the conference standings, 22 student athletes and two relays find themselves in the top-eight of the MVC with Matthew Lewis-Banks as the lone Sycamore to sit in first in his respective event, with his time of 7.