Stone, Carrel Medal in Pole Vault to Begin Big Ten Championships

Friday, May 12

Bloomington, Ind.

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Indiana University

Big Ten Outdoor Championships

Stone, Carrel Medal in Pole Vault to Begin Big Ten Championships

5/12/2023 9:30:00 PM | Track and Field

Friday Results

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - IU's men's pole vaulters provided 15 points to open the team scoring on Friday at the 2023 Big Ten Outdoor Championships. The Hoosiers scored a 2-3 finish from Nathan Stone and Tyler Carrel with an eighth-place finish from Riley Johnston; putting three athletes on the podium.

Stone cleared at 5.44m/17-10.25 to take the lead late in the competition. Michigan State's Trevor Stephenson, the eventual Big Ten champion, moved the bar to 5.49m/18-0 where he cleared on his second attempt for the win.

Stone's silver medal was the fifth top-two finish at a Big Ten meet in his career while Carrel's bronze medal marked the highest finish of his career at the conference championships. Johnston's outdoor Big Ten debut resulted in a podium placing.

This marks the second-consecutive season that IU has scored 15 points in the men's pole vault after Stone and Carrel went 1-4 in 2022. Stone now owns six medals in seven Big Ten pole vault competitions during his college career.

Hope Purcell produced a day one lifetime best in the heptathlon, putting up 3289 points through the opening four events on Friday afternoon.

Competing in her first full heptathlon since the 2021 Big Ten Championships, Purcell sits in third in the overall standings behind Iowa's Tionna Tobias (3507) and Penn State's Maddie Pitts (3297).

She posted personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles (14.09) and the shot put (12.31m/40-4.75) with additional marks of 1.68m/5-6 in the high jump and 25.84 in the 200 meters to round out the first wave of scoring.

The Lancaster, Ohio native will conclude the seven-eventer tomorrow afternoon with the long jump, javelin and 800 meters. She is also scheduled to contest the open long jump (Saturday) and the 4x100 relay (Sunday) in a busy weekend at the Big Ten Championships.

Maddie Dalton ran a lifetime best of 4:17.95 in the 1500 meters to earn a big Q to Sunday's final. She improves on her No. 7 time in school history and makes her first final at the outdoor conference meet.

Before the year, Dalton had never made a Big Ten final. She has now qualified to finals both indoors and outdoors this season at the Big Ten Championships after being an all-region performer in Cross Country.

Antonio Laidler moved on to the finals of the 200 meters, running a wind-legal personal best of 20.93 to earn his lane in Sunday's final.

He will run the heats of the 100 meters on Saturday and faces the potential of three finals (100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100 relay) on Sunday.

Alyssa Robinson will appear in the finals on the women's side of the 200 meters after she cruised to a qualifying time and season's best of 23.32. She will also come back tomorrow for the heats of the 100 meters.

John Colquitt ran a big personal best of 52.52 in the 400-meter hurdles, shaving over half a second off his lifetime best from the Billy Hayes Invitational.

He finished 10th in the prelims, missing the final by just one spot. Micah Camble was 11th in 52.56 while Shaton Vaughn came through in 13th at 52.83.

Gabriel Sanchez made his debut over 10,000 meters, setting his personal best at 30:47.09 in a ninth-place finish for the Hoosiers.

Running her third 10,000-meter race of the outdoor season, Claire Overfelt finished her Big Ten Outdoor Championship debut in tenth place.

Three runners advanced to finals on Sunday while Carrel, Stone and Johnston added the first points of the competition for IU's men.

Finals set to be scored on Saturday include the shot put (M/W), long jump (M/W), heptathlon (W) and 3000-meter steeplechase (M/W. At least one Hoosier will be entered in all seven events.

Purcell restarts competition tomorrow with the long jump portion of the heptathlon at 12:15 PM EDT.

Big Ten Outdoor Championships: May 12th
Event	Athletes: Mark
100 Hurdles: Heptathlon	3. Hope Purcell: 14.09 (966) \| Personal Best
High Jump: Heptathlon	4. Hope Purcell: 1.68m/5-6 (830)
Shot Put: Heptathlon	3. Hope Purcell: 12.31m/40-4.75 (682) \| Personal Best
200 Meters: Heptathlon	9. Hope Purcell: 25.84
Pole Vault (M): Trials/Finals	2. Nathan Stone: 5.44m/17-10.25 3. Tyler Carrel: 5.24m/17-2.25 8. Riley Johnston: 4.99m/16-4.5
400 Hurdles (M): Trials	10. John Colquitt: 52.52 \| Personal Best 11. Micah Camble: 52.56 13. Shaton Vaughn: 52.83 15. David Olowookere: 53.18
200 Meters (M): Trials	6. Antonio Laidler: 20.93 \| Wind Legal Personal Best, Advances to Finals 12. Christopher Grant: 21.26
200 Meters (W): Trials	5. Alyssa Robinson: 23.32 \| Advances to Finals
1500 Meters (M): Trials	22. Dustin Horter: 3:49.43 27. Keelan Grant: 3:51.81 32. Austin Haskett: 3:56.05
1500 Meters (W): Trials	3. Maddie Dalton: 4:17.95 \| Personal Best, No. 7 School History, Advances to Finals 18. Jenna Barker: 4:23.76
Javelin (W): Trials/Finals	11. Makayla Hunter: 43.75m/143-6 16. Shanna Esters: 34.01m/111-7
10,000 Meters (M): Finals	9. Gabriel Sanchez: 30:47.09 \| Personal Best 17. Skylar Stidam: 32:23.33
10,000 Meters (W): Finals	10. Claire Overfelt: 35:32.43 20. Phoebe Bates: 37:18.94 \| Personal Best

Athletes Advanced to Finals:
• Alyssa Robinson (200m)
• Antonio Laidler (200m)
• Maddie Dalton (1500m)

Heptathlon Standings:
1. Tionna Tobias, Iowa (3507)
2. Maddie Pitts, Penn State (3297)
3. Hope Purcell, Indiana (3289)
4. Theresa Mayanja, Michigan (3271)
5. Mackenzie Heyroth, Wisconsin (3239)

Point Scorers:
• Nathan Stone: Pole Vault (8)
• Tyler Carrel: Pole Vault (6)
• Riley Johnston: Pole Vault (1)

Men's Team Scores (Day 1):
1. Minnesota (32)
2. Michigan State (21)
3. Penn State (20)
4. Nebraska (18)
5. Indiana (15)

Women's Team Scores (Day 1):
1. Nebraska (46)
2. Wisconsin (18)
3. Michigan (16)
3. Ohio State (16)
5. Iowa (10)