Hoosiers Track & Field Ready for Big Ten Indoor Championships

Friday, February 23

Geneva, Ohio

Indiana University

Big Ten Championships

Hoosiers Track & Field Ready for Big Ten Indoor Championships

2/22/2018 8:31:00 PM | Track and Field

Schedule of Events Performance List

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University track and field teams will travel to Geneva, Ohio to compete in the 2018 Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday, February 23 and Saturday, February 24. The meet will be held at the SPIRE Institute for the sixth consecutive season.

The men's team is coming into the weekend as defending Big Ten Indoor Champions and they are currently ranked No. 15 in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Other Big Ten ranked men's teams include: Penn State (No. 14), Ohio State (No. 19) and Michigan (No. 22).

On the women's side Minnesota is traveling to Geneva as the highest ranked Big Ten school coming in at No. 10 in the USTFCCCA rankings. Other ranked Big Ten women's teams include: Purdue (No. 16), Wisconsin (No. 22) and Michigan (No. 23).

Day one of the Championships will begin at 10:00 am EST with the men's heptathlon 60m. The first event for the Hoosiers will be the women's pentathlon 60m hurdles where Jenna Jungels will start her day.

The first track event of day one for the Hoosiers will be the women's mile run preliminaries at 12:40 pm EST. Senior Brenna Calder will defend her second place finish (4:42.33) from the 2017 Big Ten Indoor Championships. Calder ran her season best time of 4:41.53 at the Iowa State Classic, her career best is 4:38.88. Junior Haley Harris and redshirt freshman Hannah Stoffel will also compete. Harris ran her season best at Kentucky (4:48.48) and Stoffel nabbed her season best time of 4:52.05 at the Indiana University Relays.

The men's mile run prelims will take place directly after the women's race. Redshirt junior Joe Murphy took second place last year with the time of 4:02.70 and redshirt sophomore Kyle Mau finished third with the time of 4:03.39. Redshirt freshman Teddy Browning will also run in the men's mile prelims. Mau clocked a sub four-minute mile at the Indiana University Relays with the final time of 3:59.15. Murphy ran his career best time at the Iowa State Classic with the time of 4:01.64 and Browning nabbed his career best time at the Power 5 Invitational (4:07.05).

In the men's 400m dash prelims freshman Zubin Muncherji and freshman Isaiah Ware will compete in their first Big Ten Indoor Championships. On the women's side freshman Natalie Price will also be competing in her first Championships. Price ran her career best time at the Kentucky Invitational finishing with the time of 54.43. Junior Riley Egbula and junior Jeyland Valentin will also run in the 400m dash prelims.
Sophomore Megan Grabowski will be the only Hoosier competing in the 60m prelims. Grabowski clocked her season best time of 7.54 at the Gladstein Invitational. Her career best time is 7.51 from the Indiana University Relays last season. Grabowski will also run in the 200m prelims at 5:00 pm EST.

The women's 800m prelims will start approximately at 2:50 pm EST. Junior Kelsey Harris, sophomore Mallory Mulzer and sophomore Joely Pinkston will all compete. Harris clocked her career best time of 2:06.08 at the Indiana University Relays. Mulzer's career best time is 2:09.62 from her performance at the Power 5 Invitational and Pinkston marked her career best time at the Hoosier Hills (2:09.62).

On the men's side redshirt senior Jordan Huntoon will be the only athlete running the men's 800m prelims. Huntoon ran his career best time of 1:49.17 at the Big Ten Indoor Championships last year. His season best time is 1:51.10, which he ran at the Kentucky Invitational.

The women's 60m hurdle prelims will start at 3:30 pm EST. Freshman Zykeria Williams will compete in her first Big Ten Indoor Championships. Williams ran her season best time of 8.51 at the Hoosier Open.

On the men's side sophomore William Session will run in the men's 60m hurdle prelims. Session finished seventh overall last year with the time of 8:04. He is coming into the weekend with his career best time of 7.87, which he ran at the Power 5 Invitational.

Senior Kendell Wiles finished third in the women's 600m at the Championships last year with the time of 1:28.81, which is her career best time. Wiles ran her season best time at the Indiana University Relays with the time of 1:29.82.

Senior Daniel Kuhn returns to defend his back-to-back 600m first place finishes and aims to claim his third title. Last year, Kuhn won with the time of 1:15.23, which is his career best time. Kuhn ran his season best time of 1:16.62 at the Indiana University Relays.

Redshirt junior Katherine Receveur, junior Maggie Allen and redshirt freshman Lexa Barrott will compete in the 3000m seeded section. Receveur finished second overall at the Big Ten Indoor Championships last year with the time of 9:07.04. Receveur ran her season best time of 9:07.99 at the Iowa State Classic.

Redshirt sophomore Kyle Mau and redshirt freshman Ben Veatch will run in the men's 3000m seeded section starting at 5:50 pm EST. Mau comes to Geneva with the eighth fastest time (7:50.85) in the NCAA from his performance at the Iowa State Classic. Veatch also ran his career best time of 7:58.10 at the Iowa State Classic.

The distance medley relay (DMR) races will be the final events of day one with the women's relay starting at 6:30 pm EST and the men's relay starting at 6:50 pm EST. The women's team will consist of Haley Harris, Natalie Price, Kelsey Harris and Brenna Calder. The men's team will consist of Teddy Browning, Zubin Muncherji, Daniel Kuhn and Joe Murphy.

The first field event of day one for the Hoosiers will be the women's pole vault at 11:30 am EST. Senior Rachel Mather vaulted her career best of 4.05m (13'3.5") last year at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. Mather earned her season best mark of 3.87m (12'8.25") at the Gladstein Invitational.

The men's pole vault will be the second field event for the Hoosiers and is set to start at 3:30 pm EST. Sophomore Adam Coulon, redshirt freshman Brock Mammoser and sophomore Alex Shinnerl will all compete in their first Big Ten Indoor Championships.

Sophomore Khayla Dawson and freshman Maddie Pollard will compete in the women's shot put. Dawson finished seventh last year with the mark of 15.58m (51'1.5"). She marked her career best of 16.64m (54'7.25") at the Gladstein Invitational. Pollard threw her career best of 15.50m (50'10.25") at the Hoosier Hills.

On the men's side junior David Schall will be the only Hoosier to compete in the shot put. Schall earned his career best mark of 18.70m (61'4.25") at the Tennessee Duals.

In the women's long jump sophomore Jenna Jungels, junior Aaliyah Armstead and sophomore Leah Moran will all compete. Jungels (6.03m / 19'9.5") and Moran (5.75m / 18'10.5") jumped their season best at the Hoosier Open. Armstead's career best is 6.00m (19'8.25"), which she earned at the Hoosier Hills.

Junior Treyton Harris returns to Geneva to defend his first place finish in the men's long jump. Harris won last year with the final mark of 7.71m (25'3.5"). He marked his career best of 7.86m (25'9.5") at the Hoosier Hills, which earned him the No. 9 spot in the NCAA.

Day two of the Championships will begin at 10:00 am EST with the men's heptathlon 60m hurdles. For the Hoosiers day two will consist of six field events for the Hoosiers and finals for track events.

Junior Taylor Pennington will start the Hoosiers off in the women's high jump at 11:00 am EST. Pennington earned her season best mark of 1.68m (5'6") at the Hoosier Open.

On the men's side freshman Jyles Etienne comes to Geneva with the 11^th best mark in the NCAA of 2.21m (7'3") from his performance at the Hoosier Open. Junior Treyton Harris returns to the Big Ten Indoor Championships to defend his second place finish from last year. Harris claimed second with a career best mark of 2.17m (7'1.5"). Senior Paul Galas took third last year with a career best mark of 2.17m (7'1.5"). Harris and Galas share a season best mark of 2.10m (6'10.75").

Junior Eric Bethea returns to Geneva to defend his first place finish in the men's triple jump. Bethea won with the final mark of 15.95m (52'4"). He earned his season best mark of 15.50m (50'10.25") at the Kentucky Invitational and his career best mark is 16.34m (53'7.5").

On the women's side sophomore Leah Moran will compete in the triple jump. Moran earned her career best mark of 12.39m (40'7.75") at the Hoosier Hills.

Junior Nycia Ford, redshirt freshman Princess Brinkley and freshman Maddie Pollard will all compete in the women's weight throw. Ford (19.29m / 63'3.5") and Brinkley (19.04 / 62'5.75") marked their season best at the Hoosier Open. Pollard earned her season best at the Indiana University Relays with the mark of 18.87m (61'11").

On the men's side senior Andrew Miller has the ninth best mark in the NCAA from his performance at Notre Dame last weekend. Miller set a new school record when he won the men's weight throw with the mark of 22.10m (72'6.25"). Last year, Miller finished fourth overall at the Championships.

Admission to the event is $20.00 for adults (18-65), $8 for child/student (7-18), $8.00 for seniors (65+) and $8.00 for Big Ten student with proper identification. Parking at the event is $5.00.

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