ST. LOUIS – Senior Grace Beattie's impressive performance in the mile at the 2020 Adidas Classic over the weekend earned her the honor of Missouri Valley Conference Female Track Athlete of the Week, her first MVC weekly award of the 2019-20 season.
Beattie, who has won every race she's finished this indoor season, won the mile for the second time this year at the Adidas Classic hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her time of 4:52.32 is a five second improvement from her previous season-best and remains the best time in the Valley.
A native of Woodstock, Illinois, Beattie has led the conference in the mile since the first meet of the season and currently the next closest student-athlete is five seconds behind her time. As one of four Redbird women to win their events this weekend, Beattie helped Illinois State to a second-place team finish, tying with South Dakota with 144 points.
The MVC weekly honor is her first of her senior campaign and the fourth overall during her Illinois State track & field career. With Beattie's recognition, four Redbird student-athletes have been honored with an MVC weekly award over the last three weeks.
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The Redbirds return to South Bend, Indiana for the second of three meets at Notre Dame this season. Illinois State will compete in the Meyo Invite at the Loftus Sports Center on Friday, Feb. 7 and Saturday, Feb. 8 8 with events beginning at 10 a.m. (ET) on that Friday.
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