Red-shirt senior Zye Boey and red-shirt sophomore Jade Riebold were each nominated for Ohio Valley Conference weekly honors following their performances at the team’s Early Bird meet.

Boey, who earned first team All-America honors in the indoor 200-meter dash last season, won both the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash at the Early Bird. Boey’s 60-meter dash time of 6.71 seconds ranks as the No. 1 time in the OVC. Eastern runners hold the top four spots in the 60-meter dash rankings.

Boey’s 200-meter dash time of 21.33 seconds also ranks No. 1 in the OVC, above Southeast Missouri’s DeAndre Simmons’ time of 22.14 seconds.

Riebold, making her Panther debut, broke the Eastern pole vault record, posting a jump of 12-feet, 11.5-inches. Riebold leads the OVC, with the next closest mark being Southeast Missouri’s Jill Schnurbusch, who vaulted 12-feet at the Southern Illinois Saluki Fast Start Meet. Riebold comes to Eastern after transferring from the University of Georgia.

The Panthers will return to action at the John Craft Invitational on Jan. 21.

Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-7942 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.