CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Southern Utah University track & field program is proud to announce that head coach Eric Houle has won the WAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year and runner Isaiah Labra has won the Athlete of the Year following the Thunderbirds championship-winning season.
Head Coach Eric Houle Said:
"Isaiah receiving the athlete of the meet is well-deserved. To run the mile as fast as he did is what catapulted him into the national championship. Regarding the coach of the year award, when you consider all the great coaches in our conference, It's a nice gesture from them."
Eric Houle
Now in his 32nd year as the head man at SUU, Houle collects his 42nd Conference Coach of the Year across Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field. This is his first as a coach in the Western Athletic Conference.
Houle's accomplishments this season have elevated the Thunderbirds into national recognition, placing sixth in the Mountain region in last week's USTFCCCA ranking and ranking 55th nationally in front of strong programs such as Notre Dame.
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Isaiah Labra
As a graduate student, Labra is one of the program's most experienced athletes, and that experience shined this season, making way for constant record-breaking performances leading up to his 3:55.02 mile run in the WAC Indoor Conference Championships, where he broke a conference record that had stood for over 45 years.
Labra has also spent all season consistently setting and breaking multiple school records, including a 3:58.50 personal best in the mile run at the Husky Classic to put him at fourth all-time in school history.
Up Next
Labra and triple jumper Astley Davis will be representing the Thunderbirds in the NCAA DI Indoor Nationals in Boston. The meet will take place from Thursday, Mar. 7 to Saturday, Mar. 9.
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