Hoosiers Wrap Up Competition at Kentucky and Auburn

Friday, April 19

Auburn, Ala.

Indiana University

War Eagle Invite

Hoosiers Wrap Up Competition at Kentucky and Auburn

4/20/2019 6:03:00 PM | Track and Field

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.— Indiana Track & Field competed at the Kentucky Open hosted for the University of Kentucky and the War Eagle Invite hosted by Auburn University on Saturday afternoon.

War Eagle Invite

Three personal records were broken in the women's discus to highlight the final day of the War Eagle Invite. Maddy Pollard picked up her first collegiate win in the discus with a PR distance of 53.39m (175' 2"). Khayla Dawson placed fifth after hitting a PR mark of 49.51. Winning her flight, Alexis Hill secured her PR with a distance of 47.43m

Khayla Dawson and Maddy Pollard also competed in the women's shot put where they placed second and third, respectively. Dawson secured a distance of 16.66m (54' 8") to place second while Pollard shot a distance of 16.39m (52' 8.25"). The pair were the top two finishers among the collegiate competitors in the field.

David Schall competed on the men's side of the discus where picked up third place after throwing a distance of 50.71m (166' 4").

Kentucky Open

Natalie Price led the Hoosiers as she competed in the women's 400m and clocked a time of 54.93 to take home silver honors. On the men's side, Derek Grimmer raced to a fifth-place finish in time of 48.57.

Megan Grabowski was back in action in the 100m as she pushed a fourth-place finish and took a time of 12.01. In her second race, the junior picked up second in the women's 200m with a wind aided time of 24.44.

On the men's side of the 200m, Rikkoi Brathwaite also placed second as he clocked a time of 21.70.

Freshman, Shaton Vaughn picked up bronze when he nabbed a time of 54.97 in the 400m hurdles.

Three Hoosiers competed in the women's 1500m on Saturday afternoon. Hannah Stoffel led Indiana as she placed second in a time of 4:30.25. The next Hoosier to cross the finish line was Lexa Barrott who finished in a time of 4:38.14 to take third. Rounding out the trio and placing fourth was Grace Walther as she clocked a time of 4:39.59.

A group of six competed unattached in the men's 1500m. Dustin Horter placed second overall with a time of 3:51.03. Matt Schadler clocked a time of 3:52.01 to finish behind Horter in third. Arjun Jha completed the back-to-back trio by placing fourth with a time of 3:52.65. Ben Miller (4:02.90) raced to a 14^th place finish while Colin Murphy (4:05.64) finished five places behind him in 19^th. Rounding out the field was Skylar Stidam who grabbed 23^rd in a time of 4:07.26.