Three Athletes Move Up Program Record Books on Friday Night at IU Relays, Texas Tech Open

Friday, January 27

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Three Athletes Move Up Program Record Books on Friday Night at IU Relays, Texas Tech Open

1/27/2023 10:30:00 PM | Track and Field

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A trio of IU athletes turned in big personal bests to move up the program-record charts of their respective events on Friday evening,

Paola Fernandez-Sola (Long Jump) in Lubbock and Antonio Laidler (200m) and Alyssa Robinson (200m) in Bloomington threw down fast times and big jumps to spark a strong start to the weekend for IU.

Action this weekend will continue tomorrow at 12:30 PM EST in Lubbock and 11:00 AM EST in Bloomington.

IU Relays:
John Colquitt and Shaton Vaughn ran personal bests of 8.10 and 8.27 respectively to advance to Saturday morning's finals in the 60-meter hurdles. Nile Brown also advanced on the women's side.

Showing off her versatility, Serena Bolden ran 7.71 to advance to Saturday's finals in the 60 meters. She will also compete in the Triple Jump tomorrow afternoon.

Emily Herndon threw a massive personal best of 17.31m/56-9.5 in the Weight Throw, finishing 11th on the afternoon.

The Hoosiers ran their first Distance Medley Relay of the season on the men's side with Jaylen Castillo, Jaylen Grimes, Andrew Anderson and Nick Couyoumjian carrying the baton in 10:06.46.

Mikaela Ramirez (17:05.27) and Tori Schmidt (17:33.52) each ran personal bests in the 5000 meters to finish seventh and ninth on Friday night.

Nathan Stone cleared 5.15m/16-10.75 to win his fourth-straight competition. He passed at 5.25m/177-2.75 to advance the bar to 5.35m/17-6.5 but missed on all three tries.

Alyssa Robinson made her season debut over 200 meters, running to a personal best of 23.84 and vaulting all the way into No. 3 in school history.

To follow that up, Antonio Laidler stormed out to a personal best of 21.14 in the 200 meters, moving all the way up to a tie for No. 3 in program history in the event.

Sean Mockler closed out the evening, throwing a season's best 20.89m/68-6.5 to finish third in the Weight Throw.

Texas Tech Open:
Hope Purcell won Section B of the Women's Long Jump in Lubbock with a best mark and personal best of 6.09m/19-11.75. She was consistent across the entire series with jumps of 6.04m, 6.08m, 6.09m, 5.85m, 6.08m and 6.06m on the afternoon.

Paola Fernandez-Sola moved into No. 2 in school history indoors with a personal best at 6.39m/20-11.75 in the Long Jump. She jumps to second from eighth on the all-time list and now possesses what would be the seventh-best mark in the nation entering the day.

Indiana Relays: January 27
Time	Event: Athletes
Weight Throw (W)	11. Emily Herndon: 17.31m/56-9.5 \| Personal Best
Pole Vault (M)	1. Nathan Stone: 5.15m/16-10.75 2. Tyler Carrel: 5.05m/16-6.75 3. Riley Johnston: 4.95m/16-2.75 4. Tyler Sierks: 4.65m/15-3
High Jump (W)	1. Taylor Schoonveld: 1.68m/5-6
Weight Throw (M)	3. Sean Mockler: 20.89m/68-6.5 11. Noah Koch: 17.85m/58-6.75 15. Hunter Smith: 17.29m/56-8.75 16. Adam Strouf: 17.22m/56-6 20. Tyler Reyna: 16.08m/52-9.25
Long Jump (M)	5. Kynton Grays: 6.85m/22-5.75 6. Crase Bergman: 6.77m22-2.5 \| Personal Best
60mH (Prelims) (W)	7. Nile Brown: 8.98 \| Advances to Finals 11. Olivia Gee: 9.21 \| Personal Best
60mH (Prelims) (M)	2. John Colquitt: 8.10 \| Personal Best, Advances to Finals 4. Shaton Vaughn: 8.27 \| Personal Best, Advances to Finals 14. Jake Herbert: 8.85 (P) \| Personal Best
60 Meters (Prelims) (W)	6. Serena Bolden: 7.71 \| Advances to Finals 24. Tripti Tiwari (una.): 8.18 \| Personal Best
60 Meters (Prelims) (M)	1. Antonio Laidler: 6.77 \| Advances to Finals 7. Trelee Banks: 6.92 \| Ties Personal Best, Advances to Finals 8. Ray Brodie: 6.94 \| Personal Best, Advances to Finals 23. Aiden Hamilton (una.): 7.32
Mile (W)	4. Audrey Mendrys: 5:02.03
DMR (M)	5. Indiana: 10:06.46 - Jaylen Castillo, Jaylen Grimes, Andrew Anderson, Nick Couyoumjian
5000m (W)	7. Mikaela Ramirez: 17:05.27 \| Personal Best 9. Tori Schmidt: 17:33.52 \| Personal Best
600m (W)	1. Maddie Russin: 1:31.85 \| Personal Best
600m (M)	2. Parker Raymond: 1:19.48 4. Keefer Soehngen: 1:20.09 9. Nico Colchico: 1:22.35 13. Shaton Vaughn: 1:22.91 17. David Olowookere: 1:26.86 \| Personal Best
200m (W)	2. Alyssa Robinson: 23.84 \| Personal Best, No. 3 School History 15. Olivia Gee: 25.96 23. Tripti Tiwari (una.): 26.26 \| Personal Best
200m (M)	1. Antonio Laidler: 21.14 \| Personal Best, T-No. 3 School History 7. Trelee Banks: 22.04 13. Ray Brodie: 22.41 \| Personal Best

Texas Tech Open: January 27
Time	Event: Athletes
60mH (W)	Qualifying: 5. Hope Purcell: 8.64 Prelims: 9. Hope Purcell: 8.59
Long Jump: Section B (W)	1. Hope Purcell: 6.09m/19-11.75 \| Personal Best
Long Jump: Section B (M)	5. Alex Smith: 7.25m/23-9.5
Long Jump: Section A (W)	3. Paola Fernandez-Sola: 6.39m/20-11.75 \| Personal Best, No. 2 School History
Long Jump: Section A (M)	9. Robert Blue: 7.06m/23-2