ST. LOUIS – After running the first sub-four-minute mile time in the Missouri Valley Conference this season, senior Jack Anstey earned his third MVC weekly honor this year and ninth overall in his career, the league office announced on Tuesday afternoon.
While Anstey is the only student-athlete in the Valley to run sub-four, his time at the Last Chance College Elite Meet marks the second time in his career that he has clocked in below four minutes. Anstey posted the top collegiate time and placed second overall at the Last Chance College Elite Meet in Seattle over the weekend, finishing with a time of 3:59.93.
A native of Toowoomba, Australia, Anstey is one of just two Redbirds in Illinois State track & field history to run a mile in under four minutes and ranks second all-time on the ISU indoor top-10 list, behind school record holder and NCAA Champion Christian Goy.
Currently, there are only 31 runners in the NCAA with a sub-four-minute mile time with Anstey's time ranking 30th in the nation.
This is the sixth-straight week that at least one Redbird has earned MVC Athlete of the Week honors. Anstey has earned the honor three times so far in the 2019-20 season, twice in the indoor campaign and once during cross country season. Throughout his Illinois State career, he has earned the honor nine times.
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Anstey and the Redbird track & field teams will travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa for the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships on Saturday, Feb. 29 and Sunday, March 1 where both the men's and women's teams will look to sweep the title for the third-straight year. The meet will be broadcast on ESPN3.
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