Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Ben Bishop (Cantrall, Ill.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week.

Bishop, a freshman for the Cougars, notched a NCAA Division II provisional mark in the hammer throw at the Lee Calhoun Memorial Meet hosted by Western Illinois over the weekend.

In the event, Bishop posted a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw with a personal-best mark of 53.20 meters.

In addition, Bishop also posted a personal best in the discus where he placed sixth with a throw of 44.49 meters.

He currently ranks fourth in the GLVC in the hammer throw and discus this season.

SIU Edwardsville will next travel to the Vanderbilt Invitational on Saturday.

Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Bellarmine’s Elliot Mattingly and Joey Blue, Drury’s Steven Busch and UIndy’s Tristen Rogers.