Hoosier Win Four Medals on Day One of Big Ten Outdoor Championships
5/11/2018 11:30:00 PM | Track and Field
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University track and field opened the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Bloomington Friday afternoon. The Hoosiers finished the day with the women's team in third place with a total of 22 points after four events and the men's team in sixth place with ten points after three events.
After just missing a medal last year Nycia Ford came to the Championships determined to take home a medal, which is exactly what she did. The junior crushed her personal record when she launched the hammer 64.19m (210' 7") on her final attempt of the afternoon, which brought home silver. Ford has improved over 15-feet since her first meet of the 2018 outdoor season when she set her first personal record of 59.58m (195' 5") at the Pac 12/Big Ten Challenge.
Quote from Ford:
"I just kept going. My coach keeps telling me 'be aggressive, be aggressive' and that's exactly what I did. I just did exactly what he [Coach Martin] told me to do. Even when I feel like my technique isn't lining up how I want it to as long as I remain aggressive like my coach keeps telling me, something always comes out of it. He's very encouraging in-between [throws]. He knows how to communicate with me as an athlete. He keeps it simple because he knows once he starts trying to pin-point little things here and there then I start to overthink. He just tells me simply, stay aggressive."
On the men's side, All-American Andrew Miller had his best hammer mark since 2015 and improved on it by two-feet. The redshirt senior set his personal record of 64.66m (212' 2") on his third attempt of the evening, which earned him a seventh place finish. Miller's mark puts him third on the All-Time Hoosiers list in the record books behind Adam Judge (68.09m / 223' 5") and Wil Fleming (66.57m / 218' 5").
On the track six Hoosiers qualified for the 1500m finals on Sunday. For the men redshirt junior Joe Murphy and redshirt freshman Teddy Browning went one-two in the first heat automatically earning a spot in the finals. Murphy crossed the finish line in 3:47.73 with Browning right behind him at 3:47.92. For the women junior Kelsey Harris was the first to advance when she took third in the second heat with the time of 4:25.67, which is an automatic qualification. Senior Brenna Calder also automatically qualified for finals when she finished second in the third heat with the time of 4:22.33. Redshirt freshman Hannah Stoffel made the cut for the finals with the time of 4:24.90.
The women's 1500m finals will take place on Sunday at 1:05 pm ET and the men's finals will follow at 1:15 pm ET.
Two more Hoosiers qualified for finals, sophomore William Session in the 400m hurdles and junior Treyton Harris in the 200m. Session finished seventh overall with a new personal record of 51.97 and will compete in the finals on Sunday at 2:28 pm ET. Harris earned a spot in the finials on Sunday at 2:42 pm ET when he crossed the finish line in 21.36.
The final events of the evening were the men's and women's 10,000m. All-American Katherine Receveur brought home silver after running the third fastest time in school history as she crossed the finish line in 33:41.22. The redshirt junior now sits behind Michelle Dekkers (33:25.00) and Wendi Robinson (33:40.79) on the All-Time list. Receveur was joined by teammate Maggie Allen who repeated her third place finish. The junior took bronze with the time of 34:19.78.
Redshirt freshman Ben Veatch made his debut in the 10,000m and took silver with the time of 30:26.98. The Carmel, Ind. native finished just three seconds behind redshirt senior Ben Flanagan of Michigan. Redshirt sophomore Bryce Millar joined Veatch on the track and finished ninth overall with the time of 30:55.01.
Day two of the Big Ten Outdoor Championships will kick off at 10:30 am ET. The first event of the day for the Hoosiers will be the men's and women's long jump at 1:20 pm ET.
Live results will be available here. FloTrack will provide live coverage of the 2018 Big Ten Outdoor Championships, which is available here. BTN Plus will also have live coverage that will be available here.
For complete coverage of everything Indiana track and field and cross country, make sure to follow the teams via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
After just missing a medal last year Nycia Ford came to the Championships determined to take home a medal, which is exactly what she did. The junior crushed her personal record when she launched the hammer 64.19m (210' 7") on her final attempt of the afternoon, which brought home silver. Ford has improved over 15-feet since her first meet of the 2018 outdoor season when she set her first personal record of 59.58m (195' 5") at the Pac 12/Big Ten Challenge.
Quote from Ford:
"I just kept going. My coach keeps telling me 'be aggressive, be aggressive' and that's exactly what I did. I just did exactly what he [Coach Martin] told me to do. Even when I feel like my technique isn't lining up how I want it to as long as I remain aggressive like my coach keeps telling me, something always comes out of it. He's very encouraging in-between [throws]. He knows how to communicate with me as an athlete. He keeps it simple because he knows once he starts trying to pin-point little things here and there then I start to overthink. He just tells me simply, stay aggressive."
On the men's side, All-American Andrew Miller had his best hammer mark since 2015 and improved on it by two-feet. The redshirt senior set his personal record of 64.66m (212' 2") on his third attempt of the evening, which earned him a seventh place finish. Miller's mark puts him third on the All-Time Hoosiers list in the record books behind Adam Judge (68.09m / 223' 5") and Wil Fleming (66.57m / 218' 5").
On the track six Hoosiers qualified for the 1500m finals on Sunday. For the men redshirt junior Joe Murphy and redshirt freshman Teddy Browning went one-two in the first heat automatically earning a spot in the finals. Murphy crossed the finish line in 3:47.73 with Browning right behind him at 3:47.92. For the women junior Kelsey Harris was the first to advance when she took third in the second heat with the time of 4:25.67, which is an automatic qualification. Senior Brenna Calder also automatically qualified for finals when she finished second in the third heat with the time of 4:22.33. Redshirt freshman Hannah Stoffel made the cut for the finals with the time of 4:24.90.
The women's 1500m finals will take place on Sunday at 1:05 pm ET and the men's finals will follow at 1:15 pm ET.
Two more Hoosiers qualified for finals, sophomore William Session in the 400m hurdles and junior Treyton Harris in the 200m. Session finished seventh overall with a new personal record of 51.97 and will compete in the finals on Sunday at 2:28 pm ET. Harris earned a spot in the finials on Sunday at 2:42 pm ET when he crossed the finish line in 21.36.
The final events of the evening were the men's and women's 10,000m. All-American Katherine Receveur brought home silver after running the third fastest time in school history as she crossed the finish line in 33:41.22. The redshirt junior now sits behind Michelle Dekkers (33:25.00) and Wendi Robinson (33:40.79) on the All-Time list. Receveur was joined by teammate Maggie Allen who repeated her third place finish. The junior took bronze with the time of 34:19.78.
Redshirt freshman Ben Veatch made his debut in the 10,000m and took silver with the time of 30:26.98. The Carmel, Ind. native finished just three seconds behind redshirt senior Ben Flanagan of Michigan. Redshirt sophomore Bryce Millar joined Veatch on the track and finished ninth overall with the time of 30:55.01.
Day two of the Big Ten Outdoor Championships will kick off at 10:30 am ET. The first event of the day for the Hoosiers will be the men's and women's long jump at 1:20 pm ET.
Live results will be available here. FloTrack will provide live coverage of the 2018 Big Ten Outdoor Championships, which is available here. BTN Plus will also have live coverage that will be available here.
For complete coverage of everything Indiana track and field and cross country, make sure to follow the teams via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
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