Ramsey Hunt Receives Male OVC Field Athlete of the Week Honor
Hunt’s mark last weekend leads the conference in the long jump
BRENTWOOD, Tenn – Ramsey Hunt of the Eastern Illinois Men’s Outdoor Track team has been named Ohio Valley Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week after his performance in the long jump this past weekend at the Illinois Gary Wieneke Memorial in Champaign.
He posted a jump of 25′ 8″ (7.82m) for a second place finish out of 13 competitors. The jump marks Hunt’s best distance in the 2024 season and puts him in first place of the Ohio Valley Conference in the event.
Hunt, who has won two OVC Male Athlete of the Week honors in the 2023 Outdoor season after breaking a 49-year-old school record, is the first Panther to win a weekly OVC honor in the 2024 Outdoor season.
This weekend, EIU Track and Field heads to Terre Haute, Ind. to compete in the Indiana State Gibson Invitational.
