FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 8, 2006

Castle, Walton named MIAA Athletes of the Week


Two Missouri Southern State University track & field student-athletes, Marcus Walton and Iashia Castle, were named Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Athletes of the Week Monday (Feb. 6), the conference announced.

Walton, a 5-foot-11, 165-pound junior from Potosi, Mo., had a provisional qualifying time in the 800-meter run at the MSSU Radio Shack Invitational last weekend (Feb. 3-4).

He placed second to Durrell Williams of Oklahoma Baptist by 0.04 seconds, with a clocking of 1 minute, 54.26 seconds. It is the third-fastest indoor time for the event in school history.

Walton is a graduate of Potosi High School, and transferred to MSSU from Rend Lake (Ill.) College.

Castle, a 5-foot-5 senior from Kansas City, Mo., had three of the Lions' six women's event wins at the MSSU Radio Shack Invitational last weekend (Feb. 3-4).

She improved her provisional qualification in the triple jump with her leap of 38 feet, 6 inches, and added a provisional mark in the long jump with a winning distance of 18-1.75. Castle also won the 400 meters in 59.12 seconds.

Castle is a graduate of Hickman Mills High School.