Hoosiers Ready to Compete at Tennessee Relays This Weekend

Friday, April 12

Knoxville, Tenn.

Indiana University

Tennessee Relays

BLOOMINGTON, IN - 2018.05.12 - 2018 Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Hoosiers Ready to Compete at Tennessee Relays This Weekend

4/10/2019 3:29:00 PM | Track and Field

Live Results Schedule of Events Performance List Meet Notes Parking Map Meet Central

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.— Indiana Track & Field will see a high level of competition this weekend as they travel to the annual Tennessee Relays in Knoxville, Tenn. The meet will begin on Thursday, Apr. 11 and wrap up on the Saturday Apr. 13. Hope Purcell kicks off a full slate of events for the Hoosiers as she competes in the women's heptathlon beginning Thursday at 12 p.m.

Meet Info

Live results of the meet can be found here.

For information on admission, parking, and hotels, visit the meet central page here.

Meet Schedule

Tennessee Relays will consist of 26 events—15 track events, 9 field events, a heptathlon, and a decathlon

Thursday's Schedule of Events—Heptathlon (women's), Scott Hartman Decathlon (men's), javelin (men's), hammer (men's).

Friday's Schedule of Events (track; men followed by women)—110m hurdles, 100m, 400m hurdles, 400m, 800m, steeplechase, 1500m, 200m, and 5000m.

Friday's Schedule of Events (field)—hammer (women's), pole vault (women's), long jump (men's & women's), shot put (women's), high jump (women's), shot put (men's), pole vault (men's).

Saturday's Schedule of Events (track; men followed by women)—4x200 relay, distance medley relay (DMR), sprint medley relay (SMR), 4x100 relay, 4x800 relay, 4x400 relay.

Saturday's Schedule of Events (field)—discus (women's), invite pole vault (men's), high jump (men's), discus (men's), triple jump (men's & women's), invite pole vault (women's).

Last time out: Florida Relays
At the annual Pepsi Florida Relays, the men's sprit medley relays squad broke the school record to highlight the three day meet for the Hoosiers. Derek Grimmer, Rikkoi Brathwaite, DuShawn Tunstall, and Copper Williams broke a 38-year-old record in a time of 3:19.92. Adam Coulon tied his PR height of 5.52m (18' 1.25") on his way to first in the pole vault. Kenneth Hagen and Eric Bethea set new PR's in their respective events. Hagen grabbed a PR of 1:50.19 while Eric Bethea set a new out PR in the triple jump with a distance of 19.19m (53' 1.5"). The junior had the best jump among collegiate competitors. Among the women, Kelsey Harris led the Hoosiers as she set a new PR in the 1500m with a time of 4:18.23 on her way to first in the event.

Last Time Out: Stanford Invite
The Stanford Invite saw a school record fall as Maggie Allen raced her way to time of 32:54.80 to break the record in the 10,000m. On the men's side of the 10,000m, Bryce Millar cut into his old PR by finishing in a time of 29:28.57. Kyle Mau and Ben Veatch put up strong races in the 5000m as Mau was able to grab first and Veatch (13:45.92) nabbed third. Mau's time of 13:44.43 was a new personal record. Katherine Receveur ran solid as she clocked a time of 15:54.78.

In the Rankings
On Monday, USTFCCCA released their weekly ratings index which saw the Indiana men ranked No. 16 among the top-25. In the Great Lakes region, the women's team is ranked No. 2 while the men rank No. 3.

Among the Nation's Best

The top-48 in each event will compete throughout Memorial Day Weekend at the NCAA East Regional Prelims. 26 Hoosiers sit in the NCAA East Region through three weeks of regular season competition. A trio of Hoosiers leads the region in their respective events. Daniel Michalski currently leads the east region as well as the country in the steeplechase after clocking a time of 8:35.82. Kyle Mau raced a 13:44.43 5000m two weekends ago and now holds the top spot in the country and in the NCAA East Region. Eric Bethea hold the top spot in the region in the triple jump after his performance of 16.19m (53' 1.5") at the Florida Relays.