ENMU ATHLETICS NEWS Marcus Parker
Male Indoor Track Athlete of the Year By: William McLaughlin Entering the 2017-18 Picture courtesy of Lone Star Conference
track & field season, it was not a question if Marcus Parker was going to be good, it was a question of how good he was going to be? Entering his sophomore year, the Phoenix, Arizona native was poised to do something special for the Greyhounds.
The indoor season was a solid one for Parker in a number of ways. He set new school records in both the 60m dash and the 200m dash. He ran 6.67 in the 60m dash and 21.01 in the 200m dash at the Lone Star Conference (LSC) Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas in February. His times were not just school records, but also the fastest times in LSC history and
Meet Hannah Cabeldue
Record-Breaking Freshman Pole Vaulter By: William McLaughlin A homegrown product of Portales, Hannah Cabledue has been a top performer for Greyhound Track & Field in her first season of competition as a pole vaulter. The redshirt freshman, who was a three-time state champion for Portales High School, had a stellar indoor season, setting new personal bests and etching her name in the record books along the way. While sitting out all of last season to adjust and be more prepared for the collegiate ranks, Cabledue used the year to hone her skills in pole vaulting. In her first career indoor meet, the redshirt freshman cleared the bar at 3.10 meters (10-2) at the Texas Tech Red and Black Open on Jan. 26. That was just the beginning for Cabledue, en route to her school record performance one month later. At the LSC Indoor Championships, Cabledue not only looked to improve her mark, but wanted to score points to better help her team as a whole. In her first two
in the Championships meet history. His performances
heights, she cleared both marks on the first attempt.
earned LSC Outstanding Male Track Athlete and First
The third height of 3.26 meters (10-8.25) was the
Team All-LSC honors. At the Indoor National Championships, he finished
one that entered her in the ENMU record books. She cleared the bar on her first attempt as she went on to
fifth in the 200m dash with a 21.37 second sprint.
finish sixth in the event.
Parker was sixth in the 60m dash with a time of 6.76.
A solid first year of competition in the indoor ranks
Parker’s record-setting accolades on the track earned
has Cabledue positioned to do great things for the
him United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association First Team All-America honors, and he was named the LSC Male Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. He is the first Greyhound to earn the
Greyhounds. Her outdoor season is going just as well. She already owns the school pole vault record with a height of 3.28 meters (10-9). Hannah is well on her way to being one of the best to compete at ENMU.
distinction since Isaiah Samoei (BBA 14) in 2014. Parker posted an even better outdoor season as he qualified for the National Championships in both the 100m and 200m dash. He owns the school records in 20.43). He finished second in the 200 in a time of 20.54, while placing third in the 100 in a time of 10.34. The sophomore’s runner-up finish in the 200 is the highest finish for an ENMU athlete at the national meet for both the indoor and outdoor season since joining the NCAA.
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both events, which he set this season (100-10.17; 200-
