NORMAL, Ill. – Two Redbirds have earned Missouri Valley Conference weekly honors following their performances at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup, the conference announced Wednesday morning. Senior Rob Pulliam claimed Men's Field Athlete of the Week, while freshman Pauline Schedler secured Women's Track Athlete of the Week.
Pulliam won the men's high jump and long jump events over the weekend to help Illinois State take down conference rival Indiana State and reclaim the Coughlan-Malloy Cup. The senior recorded a winning 2.06m in the high jump, which is tied for third in the MVC. He followed that up with a personal-record mark of 7.43m in the long jump, which ranks fourth in program history and second in the conference.
In her Redbird track and field debut, Schedler won the 1000m race with a time of 2:50.77, setting the Coughlan-Malloy cup meet record and Indiana State facility record. That mark, which also stands as the third-fastest time in the ISU record books, 43rd in the NCAA and first in the MVC this season, helped the Redbirds bring the Coughlan-Malloy Cup back to Normal after a two-year drought.
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Pulliam, Schedler and the Redbirds head to Iowa City, Iowa, for the Larry Wieczorek Invitational hosted by the University of Iowa on Jan. 23-24.
