Kern breaks SIU shot put record

Jared Kern

KERN BREAKS SCHOOL SHOT PUT RECORD AT BILLY HAYES INVITATIONAL

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Jared Kern broke the school outdoor record in the shot put and volunteer assistant coach DeAnna Price recorded the second-longest hammer throw all-time on a day full of highlights for the Salukis at the Billy Hayes Invitational, hosted by Indiana University.

Kern threw 66′-10.50″ (20.38m) Friday to break Josh Freeman‘s 2015 school record of 66′-1.50″. Kern was the top collegiate finisher and took second to 2016 Olympic silver medalist Joe Kovacs, who won with a toss of 68’-00.25″. Kern’s toss, meanwhile, moves him up to third regionally and nationally.

In the women’s hammer throw, Saluki alum and volunteer assistant coach DeAnna Pricecontinued to etch her name in the world record books, as she launched the second-longest hammer throw all-time at 249′-2″ (75.96m). 

Shauniece O’Neal set a PR in the hammer for the second-straight meet, as she threw 192′-4″ (58.62m) to finish third. The freshman thrower from Florissant, Mo. native came into Friday’s meet with 12 throws that exceeded the USATF Junior Championships qualifying standard of 54m and it is the third-best mark in the Missouri Valley Conference this season. Alexis Roberson also set a PR at 186′-10″ (75.96m) to finish fifth and later notched a lifetime-best in the discus at 150′-8″ (45.93m) to place fourth.

Nate Dyer won the men’s hammer throw for the second-straight meet to make it a clean sweep for the Salukis. Dyer threw a lifetime-best 196′-7″ (59.91m) to win the event and remains ranked second in the MVC heading into the conference meet.

Bri’Anna Branch won the 200 meter dash with a season-best time of 23.98. Her mark gives Southern two of the top-3 fastest 200m times in the conference this season, as Tyjuana Easonis second at 23.93 and Branch is now third heading into the 2018 MVC Outdoor Championships. Shafiqua Maloney also notched a season-best in the event as she ran 24.37 to take third.

Branch and Maloney helped SIU’s 4×100 relay team to its second-straight win. The quartet of Genesis Ewell, Maloney, Eason and Branch ran 45.33 to win in a six-team field that included teams from Indiana, Indiana State and Butler. It is the third-fastest time in school history and gives the foursome two of the top-three marks in school history.

The Salukis will next compete at the 2018 MVC Outdoor Championships, hosted by Indiana State University. The three-day conference championship begins on Friday, May 11 and goes through May 13. The meet will once again be streamed on The Valley on ESPN3.

Saluki Men’s Basketball to play at Colorado State in MVC-Mountain West Challenge

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Southern Illinois will play at Colorado State on Nov. 27 as part of the Missouri Valley Conference-Mountain West Challenge series, the leagues announced on Thursday.  The Challenge Series features head-to-head competition between 10 Mountain West and 10 Missouri Valley teams annually, with each conference hosting five games apiece each season.

Southern Illinois returns all five starters from last year’s team that finished 20-13, 11-7 and in second place in the MVC. Colorado State returns three starters from last year’s team that finished 11-21, 4-14 and in 10th place in the MWC. Niko Medved, the former head coach at Drake, was hired as CSU’s head coach on March 26.

The Salukis are 3-3 in Challenge games dating back to the series inception in 2009. Southern has beaten Fresno State, Air Force and San Jose State, and has lost to New Mexico and UNLV twice.

In its history, SIU has played all of the current members of the Mountain West Conference and has a combined record of 22-9 against MWC teams. Last year, Southern split with the MWC, beating San Jose State at home and losing to Nevada at a neutral site. Southern is 2-1 all-time against Colorado State. The teams last met in Carbondale on Nov. 27, 2002 — an 83-71 Saluki win.

Date Matchup Location
Tues., Nov. 27 Nevada at Loyola Chicago Chicago, Ill.
Boise State at Drake Des Moines, Iowa
Southern Illinois at Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo.
Wed., Nov. 28 Valparaiso at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev.
UNI at Utah State Logan, Utah
Indiana State at San Jose State San Jose, Calif.
Missouri State at Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo.
Wyoming at Evansville Evansville, Ind.
Sat., Dec. 1 New Mexico at Bradley Peoria, Ill.
San Diego State at Illinois State Normal, Ill.

Rend Lake Fishing Report

REND LAKE FISHING REPORT

May1,2018

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

 

 

MAIN LAKE AND TRIBUTARIES

 

SPECIES RATING    BAIT OF CHOICE              SUGGESTED LOCATIONS REGULATIONS
 

LARGEMOUTH BASS

 

Good

Minnows spinner baits, worms, and black and blue jigs. Reports of fish being caught around Jackie Branch, Sandusky Cove, and below the dam. Fish in shallow bays near brush cover and bushes. Fish around bridges and along the rocks. 14” minimum length limit, 6 daily creel limit.

1 fish daily creel limit in PONDS 14” minimum length.

 

CRAPPIE

 

 

Excellent

Meal worms. Small & medium minnows. Quarter-ounce pink and white tub jigs. Shallow Water! (2-5 ft) Fish attractors!  From shore, fish near structures, hot spots are Jackie Branch, Sandusky, Sailboat Harbor, Marcum coves, and Ina Boat Ramp. Try the Jackie Branch Breakwater and along Mine 21 Road. Fish the main lake drop off areas. 25 fish daily creel limit with no more than 10 fish 10 inches or longer
 

BLUEGILL

 

 

Fair

Small jigs, worms, meal worms, wax worms, crickets. From shore try Sailboat Harbor and Mine 21 Road. Try fishing shallow with crickets, worms or small jigs. Fish in the back of necks and on flat shallow banks and on the rocks. 10 fish daily creel limit in PONDS. 
 

CHANNEL

CATFISH

 

 

Excellent

Large minnows, leeches, dip bait, shad, night crawlers, and Sonny’s stink bait. Try leeches in moving water.  Drift fish the flats. Set line 3-4’ from the shore over rocks. Try the Waltonville Dam, Turnip Patch, and Jackie Branch. All creeks and middle-back of coves. 6 fish daily creel limit in PONDS.

Jugs must be attended at all times while fishing.

 

WHITE BASS

 

Fair

In-line spinners, jig and curly tail grubs. Reports of fish being caught around the 154 bridges. Fish around along the rocks and drop-offs Fish in shallow bays near brush cover and bushes. 20 fish creel limit.

No more than 3 fish 17” or longer daily

 

Information as of:  05/01/2018

LAKE LEVEL: 409.63      AVERAGE POOL FOR THIS DATE: 408.65     WATER TEMP:  58°F

Use of a minnow seine, cast net, or shad scoop for bait collecting within 1000 yards downstream of the Rend Lake dam and spillway is prohibited.

Maps of the Fish Attractor tree locations along with GPS readings are available at the Rend Lake Corps of Engineers Project Office.  Contact Mark Cazier for more information at (618) 724-2493.

Saluki Men’s Golf lands three on MVC Student-Athlete team

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Men’s Golf  05/02/2018 | 4:16:00 By Tom Weber, SIUSalukis.com

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Three Southern Illinois University men’s golfers — the most in program history — were selected to the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete team, the league announced Wednesday. MVC Golfer of the Year Peyton Wilhoit earned first-team honors, while teammates Dirk Kuehler and Hunter York picked up honorable mention.

Wilhoit was an eight-time MVC Golfer of the Week and finished in the top 15 in eight out of the 11 tournaments this season. A junior with a 3.373 GPA in marketing, he won two individual tournament titles and posted a team-best 72.4 scoring average. York, a junior with a 3.467 in university studies, earned All-Conference honors after finishing in ninth place at the MVC Championships. He had a 75.8 scoring average through 11 tournaments and three top 10 finishes. Kuehler, a graduate student with a 3.778 in business administration, had a season-best 11th place finish at the MVC Championships. He maintained a 76.3 scoring average this season.

The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for its Academic All-America® program.  Nominees must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale), while the student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institutions and must have participated in at least 50 percent of his team’s rounds or played at the MVC Championship.

First Team
Drake Bushong, Bradley
Michael Mounce, Bradley
Zach Jewell, Bradley
David Perkins, Illinois State
Brad Carpenter, Missouri State
Kory Franks, Missouri State
Peyton Wilhoit, Southern Illinois
Michael Doherty, Valparaiso
 
Honorable Mention
Jack Knoesel, Missouri State
Kyle MacDonald, Drake
Mitchell Whitmann, Valparaiso
Dirk Kuehler, Southern Illinois
Hunter York, Southern Illinois

Saluki Men’s Basketball summer camps offered for kids K-8, June 18-21

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Men’s Basketball  05/02/2018 | 2:48:00

Saluki Men’s Basketball summer camps offered for kids K-8, June 18-21

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CARBONDALE, Ill. – The dates for the 2018 Southern Illinois Boys Basketball camps at SIU Arena are set for June 18-21. The Rookie Camp (Entering K-4) will take place form 8:30 am. to noon, while the Veteran Camp  (entering 5-8) will take place form 1-4:30 p.m.

All interested participants should fill out the medical release form and camp registration form and return with payment to the Men’s Basketball office. Contact John Clancy with questions at jclancy@siu.edu.

Rookie Camp
Rookie camp focuses on the basic fundamentals of basketball (dribbling, passing, shooting, defense, teamwork). Camp will include individual and team competitions. Campers should come in proper basketball attire. Water is provided, other drinks available at the concession stand during breaks. Campers may bring snacks, or purchase them from the consession stand. Exclusive Camp T-Shirt is included. Cost is $100 and $80 for siblings.

Veteran Camp
Veteran camp focuses on the more technical and advanced fundamentals (ball handling, passing, shooting and technique, footwork, individual and team defense). Camp will include individual and team competitions. Campers should come in proper basketball attire, basketball shoes recommended. Water is provided, other drinks available at the concession stand during breaks. Campers may bring snacks, or purchase them from the concession stand. Exclusive Camp T-Shirt is included. Cost is $100 and $80 for siblings.

Hurley named MVC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week

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ST. LOUIS — Southern Illinois thrower Ricky Hurley has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Week following his performance at the Jesse Owens Classic, the conference announced Tuesday.

Hurley set personal-bests in both the hammer throw and the shot put at Ohio State this past weekend and for the second-straight week is one of only two male throwers in the NCAA to rank in the top-20 regionally for the discus, shot put and hammer throw.

This marks the third time this season that Hurley has earned the honor and the 10th time in 12 tries (83%) during the 2017-18 season that a Saluki has been honored as the MVC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week. Overall, Hurley’s recognition marks the 17th time this season that a Saluki has earned an athlete of the week honor from the conference.

Ricky Hurley | So. | Fox River Grove, Ill.


Hurley’s stellar outdoor season continued at the Jesse Owens Classic, hosted by the Ohio State University. The Fox River Grove, Ill. native notched a pair of personal-best marks in the shot put and the hammer throw. The four-time All-MVC honoree set a lifetime-best in the hammer throw at 206′-6″ (62.94m) to finish fourth and followed with an outdoor PR in the shot put at 60′-0.5″ to place second. Hurley currently ranks in the top-20 in the NCAA West Region in the discus (12th), shot put (17th) and hammer throw (20th) and is one of two throwers in the NCAA, along with Georgia’s Denzel Comenentia, to rank in the top-20 regionally for all three events.

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Salukis shut out SEMO, 2-0

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CARBONDALE, Ill. – Dylan GivensTrey McDaniel and Ryan Netemeyer combined for a shutout to lead the Southern Illinois baseball team to a 2-0 win over Southeast Missouri on Tuesday evening at Itchy Jones Stadium. 

“We pitched extremely well, and we needed to for two reasons,” SIU head coach Ken Henderson said. “One, we’re coming off a weekend when we didn’t pitch well, so we had to get back on the bump and have a good game. Certainly, Dylan did that. The other reason we needed to have a good game on the mound is because runs were hard to come by for whatever reason.”

Dylan Givens pitched seven shutout innings for his second-straight start, running his scoreless innings streak to 14 innings. He allowed just two hits, struck out six and walked none. He was extremely efficient, needing just 77 pitches to complete seven shutout innings. SEMO advanced just one runner into scoring position against Givens. 

“He pounds the zone with all his pitches,” Henderson said of Givens. “When he misses, he doesn’t miss by much, and then he has the ability to come back and locate. Seven innings and no walks—that’s the story, right there.”

Offensively, SIU (21-20) barreled up several balls early, but SEMO (20-21) made the plays to keep the game scoreless going into the fifth inning. With two outs in the fifth, Connor Kopach pounded a two-out single through the left side to score Nikola Vasic from second base and break the tie. SIU added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth with an Austin Ulick RBI single. 

SEMO’s biggest threat came in the eighth inning. With two outs in a 1-0 game, the Redhawks put two runners into scoring position with two outs. Trey McDaniel got a strikeout to end the inning unharmed, and Ryan Netemeyercollected his 35th career save with a perfect ninth. Netemeyer moved into a tie with Missouri State’s Bryan Young for the second-most career saves in Missouri Valley Conference history. 

The Salukis went 6-for-6 stealing bases in the game.

“They were huge,” Henderson said of the stolen bases. “We had runners in scoring position six of our eight innings, and a lot of that was because of our speed. When they are picking over four or five times, you’re putting pressure on them and they’re starting to focus on other things. Without a doubt, our speed had something to do with that.”

SIU managed to beat a red-hot SEMO team that had won five-straight games and 15 of its last 21 games. The Salukis improved to 10-1 in mid-week games this year and 17-4 against unranked teams since March 5. 

The Salukis shut out SEMO in both games against the Redhawks this season. In 18 innings against SEMO, Southern Illinois pitching allowed just three hits while striking out 24 and walking only one. 

The game was the inaugural “Green Up Game.” Saluki Athletics partnered with Mid-America Transplant to raise awareness about organ, eye, and tissue donation. SIU and SEMO both wore special blue and green jerseys to bring awareness to the cause, and a transplant recipient threw out the ceremonial first pitch. 

SIU heads down the stretch of the 2018 regular season with a weekend series at Evansville this weekend. There are four weekends left in the regular season before the MVC Tournament May 23-26 in Dallas, Texas.

Saluki Men’s Golf takes second place at MVC Championships

Peyton Wilhoit named MVC Golfer of the Year. Luke Gannon earned All-Conference honors.

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The Southern Illinois men’s golf team ended its season with a second-place finish at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships at Dalhousie Golf Club on Tuesday. SIU has finished first or second in the MVC in three of the last four seasons.

Bradley (+19) won its first-ever league title and maintained a comfortable lead throughout all three rounds, besting the Salukis (+34) by 15 strokes. The Braves took home the top three spots on the leaderboard between Drake Bushong (+1), Michael Mounce (+4) and Ethan Brue (+4).

“You can’t take anything away from what Bradley did,” said SIU head coach Justin Fetcho. “They played this golf course very, very well. We know how difficult this place can play and they put up some really good scores and went out and took it and earned it.”

The Salukis shot a 292 team score in today’s final round, their best 18-hole score of the tournament, but they entered the day trailing Bradley by 19 strokes and could only shave four strokes off the deficit.

“Coming down the stretch we put together as strong a fight as we possible could have,” Fetcho said. “It was just too little, too late at that point. Our guys can leave here with their heads high knowing they gave it all they had. When we didn’t have a chance to win (on the back nine) we could’ve gone through the motions, but they kept fighting, kept grinding and I’m proud of that effort.”

Southern’s top scorer was Luke Gannon (+5) who finished tied for fourth and earned All-Conference honors for the second time in his career. In earning his first career top-five finish, Gannon was a model of consistency, with nine birdies and only one double bogey throughout 54 holes. He was joined in the top 10 by Hunter York, who also had nine birdies in the tournament — second most in the field of 45 golfers.

“Hats off to Bradley, they played really well this week,” Gannon said. “They were tough to beat. We thought if we came out early and got off to a hot start, it might put some pressure on, but they held us off.”

The Salukis had strong performances today from Frankie Thomas (+18) who made four birdies on his last five holes to finish even-par on the day, and Peyton Wilhoit (+16), who had the team’s best round of the tournament with a one-under par 71. Although he finished tied for 21st place in the tournament, Wilhoit became the first player in school history to win the MVC’s Golfer of the Year award. He was an eight-time winner of the league’s Golfer of the Week award, had six Top 10 tournament finishes and was voted onto the All-Conference team. Dirk Kuehler (+10) also had a solid tournament performance, placing 11th, his season-best tournament finish.

“When you know that your season is over, it’s a disappointing time for everybody,” Fetcho acknowledged. “But like I tried to tell everybody on the 18th green after we got done, it doesn’t feel good right now, but we accomplished a lot this year and we can’t let this one tournament define our entire season. When we have time to sit back and look at it, we’ll realize just how much we accomplished. It’s just a tough feeling right now.”

TEAM SCORES
1 Bradley University 298 289 296 883 +19
2 Southern Illinois 307 299 292 898 +34
3 Drake 304 310 287 901 +37
T4 Illinois State 309 297 299 905 +41
T4 Missouri State 309 302 294 905 +41
6 Valparaiso Univ. 317 296 318 931 +67
7 Evansville 324 308 304 936 +72
8 Loyola U.- Chicago 328 306 316 950 +86
9 Northern Iowa 323 316 312 951 +87

SIU SCORES
T4 Luke Gannon (2) 76 72 73 221
T9 Hunter York (5) 75 74 76 225
T11 Dirk Kuehler (3) 75 74 77 226
T21 Peyton Wilhoit (1) 82 79 71 232
T28 Frankie Thomas (4) 81 81 72 234

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