Vanderbilt Invitational Up Next for IUTF

Friday, January 17

Nashville, Tenn.

Indiana University

Vanderbilt Invitational

1/16/2020 10:30:00 AM | Track and Field

Live Results Schedule of Events Day 1 Start List Day 2 Start List Meet Information Meet Notes

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Track & Field will face their first road challenge of the season when they travel to Nashville, Tenn. for the Vanderbilt Invitational. Competition is scheduled for Jan. 17 and 18 inside the Vanderbilt Recreation Center.

Meet Information

The Vanderbilt Invitational will begin on Friday at 5 p.m. ET with the high jump and women's weight throw. Saturday's portion of the meet will be start at 11:30 a.m. ET as the women's pole vault will kick off the final day of competition.

Admission to the meet is $5 per day for spectators. Live results can be found here.

Indiana Schedule of Events

Friday track schedule of events – men's and women's 200m.

Friday field schedule of events – high jump (women's and men's), weight throw (women's), long jump (women's and men's), pole vault (men's), and weight throw (men's).

Saturday track schedule of events (women followed by men) – 60m hurdles prelim, 60m prelim, mile, 60m hurdles final, 60m final, 400m, 800, 3000m, and 4x400-meter relay.

Saturday field schedule of events – pole vault (women's- unseeded), shot put (women's), pole vault (women's- seeded), triple jump (women's), and shot put (men's).

Last Time Out: IU vs. Tennessee Duals
Indiana returned to competition in the new year as they hosted Tennessee in the annual Indiana vs. Tennessee Duals. The Hoosier men won for the fifth-straight year with a score of 64-58. On the women's side, the Volunteers picked up the win, 71-51. During the meet, the Hoosiers saw 13 individual winners along with one relay. They also took the top-2 spots in six events including a six-spot sweep in the men's 3000m.

Week Two Accolades
The Big Ten Conference announced their weekly track & field athletes of the week on Wednesday afternoon. Indiana Track & Field's Adam Coulon (pole vault) and Khayla Dawson (shot put) earned their first weekly honors of the indoor season. Both Coulon and Dawson picked up victories at the Indiana vs. Tennessee Duals in their respective events. For the second time this season the Hoosiers have secured at least one athlete of the week award.

Dawson and Coulon Lead Nation
Seniors Khayla Dawson and Adam Coulon lead the nation in the shot put and pole vault. Dawson won the shot put at the IU vs. Tennessee Duals with a nation-leading mark of 17.07m (56' 0"). Coulon launched to first place in the pole vault at the duals after clearing a new personal best and country-leading height of 5.55m (18' 2.5").

In the USTFCCCA poll
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released their preseason ratings index. The Indiana men saw their highest ranking since 2011 as they were ranked No. 5 by the USTFCCCA. In 2011, the Hoosiers climbed as high as No. 3 on two different occasions.

Classroom success
24 Indiana Track & Field student-athletes earned Big Ten Academic Honors on Dec. 11 for their success in the classroom during the 2019 cross country season. On the men's side, Aaron Bennett, Teddy Browning, Jake Gebhardt, Dustin Horter, Arjun Jha, Kyle Mau, Colin Murphy, Matthew Schadler, Skylar Stidam, Ben Veatch, Adam Wallace, and Cooper Williams garnered Academic All-Big Ten Honors. For the women, Jenna Barker, Ana Barrott, Lexa Barrott, Maddie Dalton, Claire Hamilton, Kelsey Harris, Bailey Hertenstein, Kelly Mindak, Mallory Mulzer, Joely Pinkston, Sarah Schmitt and Grace Walther were tabbed for Academic All-Big Ten accolades.