Indiana Heads Southwest To Conclude the Indoor Campaign

Friday, March 13

Albuquerque, N.M.

Indiana University

NCAA Indoor Championships

Indiana Heads Southwest To Conclude the Indoor Campaign

3/12/2020 11:57:00 AM | Track and Field

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Eight individuals and one relay from Indiana Track & Field will travel to the southwest this weekend for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. The championships are set for Mar. 13 & 14 inside the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Meet Information

Both days of NCAA Championships will air live on ESPN3. Friday's coverage will begin at 7 p.m. ET with coverage resuming at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday.

Live results of the championships can be found here.

Indiana Schedule of Events

Friday Events

Women's Shot Put Finals (7 p.m. ET)—Khayla Dawson & Maddy Pollard
Men's Pole Vault Finals (7:15 p.m. ET)— Adam Coulon
Men's Mile Prelims (7:20 p.m. ET)— Matthew Schadler
Men's 800m Prelims (9 p.m. ET)— Cooper Williams
Men's Shot Put Finals (9:05 p.m. ET)—Willie Morrison
Men's DMR Final (10:30p ET)

The top-10 in the men's mile and the top-8 in the men's 800m will advance to Saturday's final. The shot put fields will receive three throws and the top-8 will earn another three throws in the finals.

Saturday Events

Men's High Jump Finals (3:15 p.m. ET)—Jyles Etienne
Men's 3000m Final (8:10 p.m. ET)—Kyle Mau

Hoosiers Headed to NCAAs
Eight Hoosiers and one relay team will embark on one last journey this indoor season as they are headed to NCAA Indoor Championships. Here is how they stack up nationally:

Adam Coulon (Pole Vault; 5.65m)- 5th
Jyles Etienne (High Jump; 2.23m)- T9th
Kyle Mau (3000m; 7:50.22)- 13th
Willie Morrison (Shot Put; 20.21m)- 8th
Matthew Schadler (Mile; 3:58.45)- 19th
Cooper Williams (800m; 1:47.84)- 6th
Distance Medley Relay; 9:27.72- 4th
Khayla Dawson (Shot Put; 17.47m)- 6th
Maddy Pollard (Shot Put; 17.57m)- 5th

Men Crowned as B1G Champions
For the first time since 2017, the Indiana men captured the team title at Big Ten Championships with 120.5 points. Iowa came in second with 107 points while Minnesota scored 88.5 points to round out the top-3. Adam Coulon (pole vault), Jyles Etienne (high jump), and the DMR squad all won individual Big Ten titles. Rikkoi Brathwaite was the runner-up in the 60m while Brock Mammoser took home silver in pole vault. Matthew Schadler also picked up silver in the mile. Ben Veatch Kyle Mau, and Arjun Jha all raked in points in the 3000m and 5000m for the Hoosiers. Willie Morrison medaled in the shot put with third place. Also picking up points for Indiana were Jakub Andrzejczak, Teddy Browning, Treyton Harris, Dustin Horter, Jalen Royal, Nathan Stone, Shaton Vaughn, Adam Wallace and Cooper Williams.

Last Time Out: Big Ten Championships
Another successful Big Ten Championships is in the books for Indiana Track & Field. The men came home as champions while the women finished in fourth among a deep Big Ten field. Joely Pinkston left it all on the oval as she picked up bronze in the 800m in a season best time of 2:06.47. Megan Grabowski ran in her final indoor conference meet where she placed fifth in the 60m and seventh in the 200m. Also running the 200m was Alyssa Robinson who concluded her first conference meet in fifth. Grace Walther was the final Hoosier to earn points on the track as she ran the mile in a time of 4:47.59 to finish in eighth. In the field, Leah Moran led the way with gold in the long jump and silver in the triple jump. Alexis Hill took bronze and Princess Brinkley picked up eighth in the women's weight throw. Khayla Dawson and Maddy Pollard went 3-4 in the shot put while Anna Watson earned bronze in the pole vault to round out the meet for Indiana.

In the USTFCCCA Poll
In one final USTFCCCA ranking before NCAA Championships, the Hoosier men locked in No. 14 for the third straight week.

In the latest regional rankings, Indiana holds the top spot on the men's side, while the women are ranked No. 3 in the Great Lakes Region.

Coulon Honored
For the first time in his pole vault career, Adam Coulon was named the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Championships. The senior won the pole vault competition with a Big Ten record clearing height 5.56m (18' 2.75"). This is the second-straight season that Coulon won the pole vault. In 2019 he took gold with a mark of 5.44m (17' 10.25").

Helmer Earns Two
Following the Big Ten team championship, head coach Ron Helmer earned two accolades. He was unanimously selected as the Big Ten Coach of the Year on the men's side prior to earning Great Lakes Men's Coach of the Year honors by the USTFCCCA. Helmer will be presented with his award as part of the banquet at NCAA Championships on Mar. 12.