IUTF Returns Home for Two-day Gladstein Invitational

Friday, January 24

Bloomington, Ind.

Indiana University

Gladstein Invitational

IUTF Returns Home for Two-day Gladstein Invitational

1/23/2020 1:16:00 PM | Track and Field

Live Results Schedule of Events Performance List

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Track & Field returns to Bloomington, Ind. on Jan. 24 and 25 for the Gladstein Invite. Beginning at 3:30 p.m., the men's weight throw will be the first event on Friday while the men's long jump will serve as the first event on Saturday at 10:45 p.m.

Meet Information
Admission to the Gladstein Invitational is free to the public. Live results can be found here.

Other meet information can be found at the home information page here.

Indiana Schedule of Events

Friday track schedule of events (women followed by men) – 400m, 60m hurdles prelim, 3000m fast section, mile fast section, mile, and 5000m.
Friday field schedule of events – weight throw (women's), pole vault (women's), weight throw (men's), and pole vault (men's).

Saturday track schedule of events (women followed by men) – 200m, 600m, 800m fast section, 200m fast section, 4x800-meter relay, and 4x400-meter relay.
Saturday field schedule of events – shot put (women's), long jump (women's), shot put (men's), high jump (men's).

Last Time Out: Vanderbilt Invitational
The Hoosiers hit the road for the first time this season as they traveled to Nashville, Tenn. for the Gladstein Invitational this past weekend. Cooper Williams highlighted the weekend with a season-opening 800m that led to the fastest time in the nation so far this season. The junior won the event with a time of 1:47.84. Adam Coulon (pole vault) and Khayla Dawson (shot put) defended their NCAA-leading marks, Coulon won the pole vault while Dawson was the top collegiate finisher in the shot put. On the men's side of the shot put, Willie Morrison made his season debut where he was the top-collegiate with a throw 19.17m (62' 10.75"). Jenna Barker won her second mile of the season after clocking a PR time of 4:48.49.

IU Trio Leads NCAA
After the third weekend of competition, Adam Coulon, Khayla Dawson, and Cooper Williams lead the country in their respective events. Coulon cleared a personal best height of 5.60m to defend the top spot in the pole vault at the Vanderbilt Innovational. At the same meet, Dawson hit a mark of 17.47m to stay at the top of the leader board in the shot put for another week. Making his season debut in the 800m at Vanderbilt, Cooper Williams raced to the fastest time in country. The junior clocked a time of 1:47.84.

Week Three Conference Awards
Sitting atop the NCAA, Khayla Dawson and Cooper Williams earned Big Ten Athlete of the Week accolades. Dawson repeated as the field athlete of the week while Williams picked up his first award of the season.

In the USTFCCCA poll
The Indiana men saw their highest ranking since 2011 this week as they were ranked No. 5 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association poll. 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 December 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.