March 15, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Loras College track and field athletes Liz Ulferts (Anamosa, Iowa/Anamosa) and Kyle Calvert (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) have been named Central Region Field Athletes of the Year for the 2008 Division III indoor season by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Ulferts, a sophomore, took the national Division III in the weight throw with her winning mark of 58-1¼ at the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships.

Calvert, a junior, cleared a career-best 17-0 ¾ in the pole vault at the Karl Schlender Last Chance Meet hosted by UW-Whitewater March 7, lifting him to third on the yearly list entering the NCAA Indoor Championships. He earlier vaulted 16-11 to finish first at the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet.

Also honored from the Central Region were sprinter Chris Wolf (Central Region Men's Track Athlete of the Year) and hurdler Holly Andrews (Central Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year), both from Nebraska Wesleyan University. Steve Mathre (men) and Joe Sweeney (women), both of St. Thomas (Minn.), were honored as Central Region Coaches of the Year.

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