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Men's Track & Field Roster - Indiana State University Athletics

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indiana state track & field - men’s team biographies<br />

DEXTER CHILDRESS<br />

6-1<br />

Junior (Indoors)<br />

Junior (Outdoors)<br />

Hurdles/Pole Vault<br />

Forest Park High School<br />

Ferdinand, <strong>Indiana</strong><br />

ALBARO ESCALERA<br />

5-7<br />

Junior (Indoors)<br />

Junior (Outdoors)<br />

Distance<br />

Stockwell, Ind.<br />

McCutcheon High School<br />

juniors<br />

Indoor <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> –<br />

2011 – Competed in hurdles, pole vault, and Heptathlon … placed<br />

seventh in the Heptathlon at MVC Indoors (4,781 points) with a second<br />

place finish in the 1000 meters (2:46.05), 60 meter hurdles (8.56), and a<br />

third place finish in the pole vault (14’-11”/4.55 meters) … placed fourth<br />

and scored 4,915 points in Heptathlon at Grand Valley Big Meet, third<br />

best point total in school history, establishing personal bests in shot put<br />

(36’-10.25”/11.23 meters), high jump (5’-4.5”/1.64meters), and pole<br />

vault (15’-5”/4.70 meters).<br />

2010 – Competed in 600 and 800 meters, long jump, and Heptathlon<br />

… placed 10th in Heptathlon at MVC Indoors with 4,719 points … ran<br />

personal best time of 1:25.50 in 600 meters at Wisconsin Elite, 2:02.64 in<br />

800 meters at Tiger Invitational, and had a jump of 20’-7.25” in long jump<br />

at Illinois <strong>State</strong> Dual … member 4x400 relay that ran 3:18.54 at Purdue<br />

Triangular.<br />

Outdoor <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> –<br />

2011 – Had season best vault of 15’-1” (4.60 meters) at Billy Hayes<br />

Invitational ... had personal best throw of 142’-8” (43.50) in javelin at ISU-<br />

EIU Ice Dual … also set personal bests in 100 meters (11.57), 400 meters<br />

(50.64), 110 hurdles (15.48), high jump (5’-8”/1.73 meters), long jump<br />

(20’-5.75”/6.24 meters), shot put (35’-2.5”/10.73 meters), and discus<br />

(103’-4”/31.51 meters) while competing in decathlon.<br />

2010 – Competed in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles, and decathlon<br />

… scored 5,957 points in decathlon at Drake Relays … ran personal best<br />

15.57 in 110 hurdles at Billy Hayes Invitational and 56.42 in 400 hurdles<br />

at ISU Quadrangular … member 4x400 relay that ran 3:17.59 at Sea Ray<br />

Relays<br />

Cross Country –<br />

2011 – Named All-Conference for second straight year with a seventh<br />

place finish at MVC Championships in 25:27 … placed 14th at <strong>Indiana</strong><br />

Intercollegiates (25:21), 79th at Notre Dame Invitational (25:15), and<br />

91st at ISU Pre-National Invitational (25:39) … finished 75th at the Great<br />

Lakes Region Championship with 10K time of 32:00 … named to MVC<br />

Scholar-Athlete team for second straight year.<br />

2010 – Won 6K Evansville Mid-America Opener (17:23) … placed third<br />

at MVC Championships (24:51), 13th at <strong>Indiana</strong> Intercollegiates (25:11),<br />

33rd at Great Lakes Regional (31:15), and 87th at ISU Pre-Nationals<br />

(24:54) … named MVC Athlete of the Week (Sept. 7) … earned MVC All-<br />

Conference recognition … named to MVC Scholar-Athlete team.<br />

2009 – Placed 14th at the MVC Championships (26:55) … finished<br />

54th at Great Lakes Regional (32:33.11) … finished fifth at Bradley Open<br />

(25:10) … competed in USA <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> Junior National Cross Country<br />

Championship becoming alternate to Team USA with 11th place finish in<br />

25:07 over 8K course.<br />

Indoor <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> –<br />

2011 – Named All-Conference in 5,000 meters by finishing third at<br />

MVC Indoor Championships with a personal best time of 14:39.47,<br />

seventh best in school history … placed fifth in 3,000 meters at MVC<br />

Indoors (8:32.69) … ran personal best of 4:18.60 in mile at Edmonds Cup<br />

and 8:27.50 in 3,000 meters at Wisconsin Elite Invitational.<br />

2010 - Competed in 1,000, 3,000, and 5,000 meters … ran personal<br />

best 2:34.71 in 1,000 meters at EIU Friday Night Special, 8:32.16 in 3,000<br />

meters at Wisconsin Elite, and 14:18.61 in 5,000 meters at MVC Indoors<br />

where he placed seventh.<br />

juniors<br />

Before ISU – Lettered four years in track & field, one year in soccer, one<br />

year in football, and one year in basketball at Forest Park High School …<br />

named All-Conference in track … was twice named track Most Valuable<br />

Player and twice named Most Valuable Sprinter … holds school records in<br />

110 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles, and 1600 meter relay.<br />

Personal – Dexter Evan Childress was born on July 16, 1990, in Jasper,<br />

Ind., the son of Robert and Cheryl Childress … majoring in AET at <strong>Indiana</strong><br />

<strong>State</strong> with plans to pursue civil engineering degree … interests include<br />

cars and hunting.<br />

Outdoor <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> –<br />

2011 – Competed in 1,500, 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000 meters during<br />

season … placed fourth in 10,000 meters at MVC Outdoor Championships<br />

with personal best time of 30:47.59 and seventh in 5,000 meters with<br />

personal best 14:57.43 … established personal best times of 8:33.83 in<br />

3,000 meters and 4:02.02 in 1,500 meters … named to MVC <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong><br />

Scholar-Athlete team.<br />

2010 – Competed in 3,000 and 5,000 meters … ran personal best<br />

8:47.84 in 3,000 meters at Tom Botts Invitational and 14:59.74 in 5,000<br />

meters at Sea Ray Relays.<br />

Before ISU – Lettered four years in cross country and four years in track<br />

& field at McCutcheon High School … placed 18th in state cross country<br />

meet … finished fourth in 3200 meters at state track & field meet … won<br />

3200 meters at Midwest Meet of Champions … named Most Improved<br />

in cross country freshman year … earned Eugene Ellis Mental Attitude<br />

Award senior year in track & field … set school record in 3200 meters<br />

(9:11).<br />

Personal – Albaro Escalera was born Aug. 15, 1991, in Spartanburg, S.C.,<br />

the son of Honorato and Sara Escalera … majoring in Exercise Science/<br />

Pre-Physical Therapy … interests include exercise, video games, sports<br />

books, and movies.<br />

Page B10<br />

2012 <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> Yearbook

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