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 Junior Lucas Cherry |
May 17, 2012
By Bill Ford
SIUSalukis.com
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois junior distance specialist Lucas Cherry has been awarded his second Missouri Valley Conference Elite 18 Award, the league announced Thursday.
Modeled after the NCAA's Elite 88 Award, the Elite 18 award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the finals site at each of the MVC's 18 team championships.
Cherry won the award for the second year in a row for outdoor track and field. The Carbondale, Ill., native earned All-MVC honors for the second consecutive year Saturday with a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a career-best time of 9:06.94.
An accounting major, Cherry carries a 4.0 cumulative GPA.
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| Thursday, May 23 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Austin, Texas | TBA | ||
| Friday, May 24 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Austin, Texas | TBA | ||
| Saturday, May 25 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Austin, Texas | TBA | ||
| Wednesday, June 5 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Eugene, Ore. | TBA | ||
| Thursday, June 6 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Eugene, Ore. | TBA | ||
| Friday, June 7 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Eugene, Ore. | TBA | ||
| Saturday, June 8 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Eugene, Ore. | TBA | ||
| Wednesday, June 19 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Des Moines, Iowa | TBA | ||
| Thursday, June 20 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Des Moines, Iowa | TBA | ||
| Friday, June 21 | ||||
| SPORT | LOCATION | TIME | MEDIA | |
| Track | Des Moines, Iowa | TBA | ||
