Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Scott Block (Hanover Park, Ill.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week.

Block, a junior for the Cougars, notched a NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark at the Vanderbilt Invitational over the weekend. He placed second in the shot put with a throw of 17.41 meters.

Block’s throw set a new SIUE school record and is currently ranked first in the GLVC and fourth on the NCAA Division II National List.

In addition to the superb effort in the shot put, Block also posted a NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark in the discus with a throw of 50.76 meters. His effort was good for first-place in the event.

Block completed the meet with a sixth-place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 55.23 meters.

SIUE and Block, who also ranks first in the GLVC in the hammer throw and discus, will host the SIUE twilight on Saturday.

Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Lewis’ Dan Probst and UIndy’s Seth Galloway.