Trio of Hoosiers Earn Conference Honors

David Neville garnered first team All-Big Ten accolades at this year's conference championship.

3/2/2006 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field

March 1, 2006

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Following the Big Ten's Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships, three Hoosiers earned All-Big Ten honors for their performances at the meet. David Neville garnered first team accolades, while Ryan Ketchum and Kiwan Lawson picked up second team honors.

Neville led the Hoosier men to a fifth-place finish with titles in the 200m and 400m at the conference meet with times of 21.21 and 47.11, respectively.

Lawson leaped a runner-up mark of 7.50m (24-07.75) in the long jump to earn second team All-Big Ten honors, which was just three meters short of first-place finisher, Iowa's Matty Gorman (7.53m-24-08.50).

Ketchum threw an 18.26m (58-11.00) in the shot put to earn a runner-up finish en route to second-team laurels.

Indiana heads north to South Bend, Ind., for the Alex Wilson Invitational for the last chance to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., March 10-11.