Six Hoosiers Pick Up Wins to End Indiana Relays

Friday, January 31

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Six Hoosiers Pick Up Wins to End Indiana Relays

2/1/2020 4:30:00 PM | Track and Field

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Track & Field completed hosting the Indiana Relays on Saturday afternoon. Maddy Pollard now leads the nation in the shot put and six Hoosiers picked up victories in their respective events to end day two.

On her final attempt of the afternoon, Pollard stepped into the ring and delivered a national-leading and personal best mark of 17.57m (57' 7.75") to finish as the top collegiate competitor. Her teammate Khayla Dawson would finish right behind her after securing a distance of 17.31m (56' 9.5"). In the men's field, Willie Morrison dished out another solid performance with a mark of 19.06m (62' 6.5") to place third overall.

Shaton Vaughn won his first 60m hurdle final of the season after clocking a time of 8.22. De'Aira Robertson was also in action in the finals as she crossed in a time of 8.85 to take the seventh spot.

Rikkoi Brathwaite bounced back in the 60m finals where he matched his personal best of 6.66 to pick up his second victory in the event of the season. Megan Grabowski clocked a time of 7.48 in the women's final and finished in fifth.

Jenna Barker returned to the oval for the mile after anchoring the women's DMR Friday night. The redshirt freshman clocked a time of 4:49.60 to place fourth.

In the men's race, Matthew Schadler was the top-collegiate finisher after securing a time of 4:01.05. Dustin Horter took seventh with a time of 4:06.40 for a new personal best.

After winning the 60m hurdle finals, Vaughn returned in the 400m where he took fourth with a time of 48.56. Dushawn Tunstall and Zubin Muncherji finished back-to-back in eighth and ninth. Tunstall crossed in a time of 48.94 while Muncherji finished with a time of 48.95.

In a field where the top-6 times in the nation before Saturday lay, Cooper Williams won the 800m with a time of 1:48.17. Joely Pinkston and Mallory Mulzer went one-two in the women's 800m. Pinkston just edged Mulzer with a time of 2:10.24 while Mulzer came up in a time of 2:11.22.

Kyle Mau made his season debut in the 3000m on Saturday afternoon where he cruised to a victory with a time of 7:51.90. Ben Veatch picked up a time of 8:00.20 and placed second while Arjun Jha raced to a time 8:07.53 to finish in seventh.

Janii Jenkins, Mulzer, Elizabeth Stanhope, and Alyssa Robinson combined for a time of 3:47.80 to win their heat of the 4x400-meter relay and finished in fourth overall. On the men's side, Vaughn, Williams, Tunstall, and Jalen Royal placed second overall and clocked a time of 3:12.94.

Leading off in the field events, Leah Moran won her third triple jump of the season after hitting a mark of 12.76m (41' 0.5").

Anna Watson showed adversity to set a new personal best in the women's pole vault. The sophomore cleared a height of 4.30m (14' 1.25") to finish at the top collegiate competitor in the field.

Jyles Etienne placed second meet of the season after clearing a height of 2.21m (7' 3") in the high jump.

Competing in her first pentathlon of the season, Hope Purcell positioned herself at the top of the leaderboard with 3,469 points. This is the first pentathlon victory for the sophomore. Haley Goines took part in her first pentathlon of her collegiate career. She gathered 3,078 points to pick up seventh.

The Hoosiers return to action on Feb. 7 and 8 when they travel to Notre Dame for the annual Meyo Invitational.