CHICAGO, Ill. – The University of Evansville track and field team broke another school record and set four more personal records on Monday at the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships at Gately Park Track & Field Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Senior Joey Rucinski (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran) broke Evansville's scoring record in the heptathlon with a total of 4,377 points to place eighth overall. Rucinski set personal-best marks in both the 60-meter hurdles (9.34) and the 1,000-meter race (2:47.71) of the heptathlon on the afternoon. Rucinski blew away the field by over 13 seconds in the 1,000-meters, while also placing fourth in the pole vault event on Monday to record the points necessary to break the UE record.