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Wednesday, May 24
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NCAA East Prelims
Track and Field Central: NCAA East Prelims
5/22/2023 10:00:00 AM | Track and Field
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The next step in the postseason takes the Indiana track and field teams to Jacksonville for the NCAA East Preliminary round. The best athletes in the east region will head to Florida in attempt to earn a bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
The top-48 athletes in every individual event, excluding the heptathlon and decathlon, and the top-24 relay teams will converge for opening rounds to decide the 12 qualifiers in every event that advance to the national meet. In Austin, the 12 entries from the east and west respectively will make a field of 24 to try and win a national title.
IU will take 31 entries to the NCAA East Preliminary round including 13 on the men's side and 13 on the women's side.
Action from Jacksonville begins Wednesday at 10:00 AM ET with Sean Mockler in the men's hammer throw. Makayla Hunter will start the women's competition on Thursday at 1:30 PM ET with the javelin.
THE MEET
Location: Jacksonville, Fla.
Stadium: Jax Track at Hodges Stadium
Dates: May 24th-27th
Live Results: NCAA East Prelims
NEWS AND NOTES
The Hoosiers have seven top-five marks among the women's field events in the Big Ten this season including Jayden Ulrich (shot put and discus), Serena Bolden (long jump), Paola Fernandez-Sola (long jump), Mahogany Jenkins (high jump), Hope Purcell (heptathlon) and Jessica Mercier (pole vault)
Camden Marshall was named the Big Ten Men's Track Athlete of the Week on April 5th for his then NCAA-leading 3:39.51 in the 1500 meters at the Pepsi Florida Relays. He followed that up with another weekly honor after running 1:47.24 in the 800 meters at the Billy Hayes Invitational.
At the Penn Relays, Marshall ran the fastest carry in the men's 4x800 relay, splitting 1:46.68 to help the Hoosiers to a sixth-place finish and the No. 6 mark in program history (7:20.96). He possesses two top-five marks in the Big Ten with his 3:39.51 in the 1500 meters (No. 3) and his 1:46.57 in the 800 meters (No. 2) from the Billy Hayes Invitational.
His 1:46.57 in the 800 meters is No. 3 in school history and was run to win the Big Ten title on his home track last weekend. He is currently fifth in the nation in the event.
Ulrich was named Big Ten Women's Field Athlete of the Week on April 12th after throwing a then-Big Ten lead in the discus and then-No. 2 mark in the Big Ten in the shot put at the Triton Invitational. She was third in the shot put at the Big Ten meet with a personal best mark of 17.87m/58-7.5.
Antonio Laidler became the second athlete to match or improve upon a school record during the outdoor season. He clocked a 10.20 to match Rikkoi Brathwaite's school record in the 100 meters. Laidler's time, however, is the fastest by a Hoosier run within the collegiate season.
Alyssa Robinson has become one of the most versatile sprinters in program history. She is the only woman to record top-8 program marks outdoors in all three sprint events (100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters). She ran an all-conditions personal best of 11.34w (+2.2) at the Billy Hayes Invitational in the 100 meters and made the final at the Big Ten meet in the 200 meters.
Jake Gebhardt is the only other IU runner with two top-six Big Ten marks this year, having run 8:51.10 (3000-meter steeplechase) and 13:37.70 (5000 meters) in the opening stages of the outdoor season. He doubled at the Big Ten meet, finishing third in the steeplechase and fifth across 5000 meters.
The next program record to fall might come from Jenkins who keeps inching closer to becoming IU's second-ever six-foot high jumper. She attempted three tries at 1.84m/6-0.5 at the Indiana Invitational which would've broken the school record set by Emma Kimoto in 2013. She finished in a tie for fourth at the conference meet.
Noah Koch now owns four top-six marks in program history in just four months of competition for the Hoosiers. He threw 18.36m/60-3 (shot put) and 56.10m/184-1 (discus) at the Indiana Invitational to highlight a strong weekend. He finished sixth at the conference meet with a season's best mark of 56.26m/184-7.
While also studying for law schools at the end of the school year, Serena Bolden came to life for the Hoosiers over the last month.
She ran 11.72 across 100 meters to move into a tie for tenth in program history. She also has top-10 all-conditions marks in the long jump and triple jump. Additionally, she took the leadoff leg for IU's 4x100 relay team (45.43) at the Billy Hayes Invitational.
She was third in the long jump at the Big Ten Championships with a mark of 6.29m/20-7.75 to earn her first-career medal at a conference meet.
Paola Fernandez-Sola has enjoyed terrific form this season. She has a season's best of 6.49m/21-3.5 from the Tennessee Invite. Additional wind-legal marks include a 6.42-meter jump at the Texas Invitational, a 6.41-meter jump in Knoxville and a 6.32-meter jump at the Billy Hayes Invitational.
She opened the postseason by winning the Big Ten long jump title on her home track with a season's best mark of 6.52m/21-4.75. She broke a 16-year streak between long jump titles outdoors for the Hoosiers.
Tyler Carrel and Nathan Stone have paired together to form an outstanding duo in the pole vault this season. Carrel cleared a massive personal best of 5.54m/18-2 at the Billy Hayes Invitational while Stone, the two-time champion outdoors in the Big Ten, has gone 5.49m/18-0 in 2023.
The duo finished 2-3 in the pole vault with Stone clearing 5.44m/17-10.25 and Carrel going over the bar at 5.24m/17-2.25 at the Big Ten Championships.
THE HOOSIER LINEUP
IU will continue the postseason with a trip to Jacksonville, Fla. for the NCAA East Prelims.
The top-48 individuals and top-24 relays in both the east and west regions will head to their respective preliminary meets. The top-12 individuals and relays out of each region will comprise a field of 24 in every event at the national meet.
Six Hoosiers rank in the top-10 of their respective events in the region including Camden Marshall (No. 3, 800 meters), Mahogany Jenkins (No. 10, high jump), Tyler Carrel (No. 6, pole vault), Nathan Stone (No. 8, pole vault), Paola Fernandez-Sola (No. 7, long jump) and Jayden Ulrich (No. 5, shot put and discus).
Fernandez-Sola (long jump) and Marshall (800 meters) were Big Ten Champions in their respective events while Stone was a runner-up (pole vault).
Returning national qualifiers for IU include Sean Mockler (hammer throw), Ulrich (shot put and discus), Jenkins (high jump) and Fernandez-Sola (long jump). Serena Bolden was a national qualifier (long jump) while at LSU.
Four Hoosiers will be in the pole vault including Stone, Carrel, Riley Johnston and Jessica Mercier with Stone and Carrel both projected as national qualifiers.
IU's sprinters will be busy this weekend with Alyssa Robinson (100/200 meters), Antonio Laidler (100 meters and 4x100 relay) and Christopher Grant (100 meters and 4x100 relay) all double entered. Micah Camble (400mH) is making his debut in an individual event at the regional meet.
Claire Overfelt (10,000 meters), Maddie Dalton (1500 meters), Jenna Barker (1500 meters), Jake Gebhardt (5000 meters), Sarah Schmitt (5000 meters), Alyssa Skorge (3000mS), Keefer Soehngen (800 meters) and Camden Marshall and (800 meters) make up the distance crew headed to the regional meet.
Both Soehngen and Overfelt are among a group of first-year IU athletes qualified to the regional meet that also features John Colquitt in the 4x100 relay. Colquitt and Soehngen are both true freshmen.
The throws group will feature Ulrich, Mockler, Makayla Hunter (shot put and javelin) and Noah Koch (shot put and discus). IU's jumpers will include Fernandez-Sola, Jenkins, Bolden, Robert Blue (triple jump) and Grayson Rolen (high jump).
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP
The Hoosiers wrapped up the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Bloomington with a 7th place finish from the men and 9th place finish from the women.
Camden Marshall kicked to a Big Ten title in the 800 meters, running the No. 3 time in school history at 1:46.57. This is his second conference title but his first outdoors.
Paola Fernandez-Sola finally got her Big Ten title in the long jump, recording a massive, season's best mark of 6.52m/21-4.75. She broke IU's 16-year streak without a long jump conference title.
Serena Bolden was third in the long jump (6.29m/20-7.75) to spark a 16-point tally for the women in the event.
Nathan Stone and Tyler Carrel went 2-3 in the pole vault. Along with Riley Johnston's eighth-place finish in the event, the Hoosiers scored 15 points.
Jayden Ulrich threw a massive personal best in the shot put to win bronze. Her throw went 17.87m/58-7.5, No. 2 in program history.
Jake Gebhardt won bronze in the steeplechase and came back for fifth in the 5000 meters for 10 total team points.
2023 OUTDOOR PRIMER
There are 21 events contested at the Big Ten and NCAA levels during the outdoor campaign. Outdoor-specific events include the 4x100 relay, the 1500 meters, the Steeplechase, the 10,000 meters, the 400-meter hurdles, the Discus, the Hammer and the Javelin. The Heptathlon (W)/Decathlon (M) also introduce new events to increase the workload.
A number of events will transition from indoor-specific distances to the standard outdoor distance. For example, the 60 meters indoors becomes 100 meters outdoors.
Despite losing the DMR in the transition to outdoors, the Hoosiers add a number of key pieces to its lineup this time of year.
Jayden Ulrich (Discus), Sean Mockler (Hammer) and Noah Koch (Discus) all add their strongest event. Ulrich was the 2022 Big Ten Champion as a freshman and she and Mockler both hold school records in their respective events.
The 1500 meters and Steeplechase have both been kind to the Hoosiers over the years. After a strong indoor season, Jake Gebhardt will steeple outdoors where he looks to score big points for the team.
Shaton Vaughn and David Olowookere have both been strong 400-meter hurdlers during their career and have the chance to run their primary event outdoors.
The top-48 athletes in every individual event, excluding the heptathlon and decathlon, and the top-24 relay teams will converge for opening rounds to decide the 12 qualifiers in every event that advance to the national meet. In Austin, the 12 entries from the east and west respectively will make a field of 24 to try and win a national title.
IU will take 31 entries to the NCAA East Preliminary round including 13 on the men's side and 13 on the women's side.
Action from Jacksonville begins Wednesday at 10:00 AM ET with Sean Mockler in the men's hammer throw. Makayla Hunter will start the women's competition on Thursday at 1:30 PM ET with the javelin.
THE MEET
Location: Jacksonville, Fla.
Stadium: Jax Track at Hodges Stadium
Dates: May 24th-27th
Live Results: NCAA East Prelims
NEWS AND NOTES
The Hoosiers have seven top-five marks among the women's field events in the Big Ten this season including Jayden Ulrich (shot put and discus), Serena Bolden (long jump), Paola Fernandez-Sola (long jump), Mahogany Jenkins (high jump), Hope Purcell (heptathlon) and Jessica Mercier (pole vault)
Camden Marshall was named the Big Ten Men's Track Athlete of the Week on April 5th for his then NCAA-leading 3:39.51 in the 1500 meters at the Pepsi Florida Relays. He followed that up with another weekly honor after running 1:47.24 in the 800 meters at the Billy Hayes Invitational.
At the Penn Relays, Marshall ran the fastest carry in the men's 4x800 relay, splitting 1:46.68 to help the Hoosiers to a sixth-place finish and the No. 6 mark in program history (7:20.96). He possesses two top-five marks in the Big Ten with his 3:39.51 in the 1500 meters (No. 3) and his 1:46.57 in the 800 meters (No. 2) from the Billy Hayes Invitational.
His 1:46.57 in the 800 meters is No. 3 in school history and was run to win the Big Ten title on his home track last weekend. He is currently fifth in the nation in the event.
Ulrich was named Big Ten Women's Field Athlete of the Week on April 12th after throwing a then-Big Ten lead in the discus and then-No. 2 mark in the Big Ten in the shot put at the Triton Invitational. She was third in the shot put at the Big Ten meet with a personal best mark of 17.87m/58-7.5.
Antonio Laidler became the second athlete to match or improve upon a school record during the outdoor season. He clocked a 10.20 to match Rikkoi Brathwaite's school record in the 100 meters. Laidler's time, however, is the fastest by a Hoosier run within the collegiate season.
Alyssa Robinson has become one of the most versatile sprinters in program history. She is the only woman to record top-8 program marks outdoors in all three sprint events (100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters). She ran an all-conditions personal best of 11.34w (+2.2) at the Billy Hayes Invitational in the 100 meters and made the final at the Big Ten meet in the 200 meters.
Jake Gebhardt is the only other IU runner with two top-six Big Ten marks this year, having run 8:51.10 (3000-meter steeplechase) and 13:37.70 (5000 meters) in the opening stages of the outdoor season. He doubled at the Big Ten meet, finishing third in the steeplechase and fifth across 5000 meters.
The next program record to fall might come from Jenkins who keeps inching closer to becoming IU's second-ever six-foot high jumper. She attempted three tries at 1.84m/6-0.5 at the Indiana Invitational which would've broken the school record set by Emma Kimoto in 2013. She finished in a tie for fourth at the conference meet.
Noah Koch now owns four top-six marks in program history in just four months of competition for the Hoosiers. He threw 18.36m/60-3 (shot put) and 56.10m/184-1 (discus) at the Indiana Invitational to highlight a strong weekend. He finished sixth at the conference meet with a season's best mark of 56.26m/184-7.
While also studying for law schools at the end of the school year, Serena Bolden came to life for the Hoosiers over the last month.
She ran 11.72 across 100 meters to move into a tie for tenth in program history. She also has top-10 all-conditions marks in the long jump and triple jump. Additionally, she took the leadoff leg for IU's 4x100 relay team (45.43) at the Billy Hayes Invitational.
She was third in the long jump at the Big Ten Championships with a mark of 6.29m/20-7.75 to earn her first-career medal at a conference meet.
Paola Fernandez-Sola has enjoyed terrific form this season. She has a season's best of 6.49m/21-3.5 from the Tennessee Invite. Additional wind-legal marks include a 6.42-meter jump at the Texas Invitational, a 6.41-meter jump in Knoxville and a 6.32-meter jump at the Billy Hayes Invitational.
She opened the postseason by winning the Big Ten long jump title on her home track with a season's best mark of 6.52m/21-4.75. She broke a 16-year streak between long jump titles outdoors for the Hoosiers.
Tyler Carrel and Nathan Stone have paired together to form an outstanding duo in the pole vault this season. Carrel cleared a massive personal best of 5.54m/18-2 at the Billy Hayes Invitational while Stone, the two-time champion outdoors in the Big Ten, has gone 5.49m/18-0 in 2023.
The duo finished 2-3 in the pole vault with Stone clearing 5.44m/17-10.25 and Carrel going over the bar at 5.24m/17-2.25 at the Big Ten Championships.
THE HOOSIER LINEUP
IU will continue the postseason with a trip to Jacksonville, Fla. for the NCAA East Prelims.
The top-48 individuals and top-24 relays in both the east and west regions will head to their respective preliminary meets. The top-12 individuals and relays out of each region will comprise a field of 24 in every event at the national meet.
Six Hoosiers rank in the top-10 of their respective events in the region including Camden Marshall (No. 3, 800 meters), Mahogany Jenkins (No. 10, high jump), Tyler Carrel (No. 6, pole vault), Nathan Stone (No. 8, pole vault), Paola Fernandez-Sola (No. 7, long jump) and Jayden Ulrich (No. 5, shot put and discus).
Fernandez-Sola (long jump) and Marshall (800 meters) were Big Ten Champions in their respective events while Stone was a runner-up (pole vault).
Returning national qualifiers for IU include Sean Mockler (hammer throw), Ulrich (shot put and discus), Jenkins (high jump) and Fernandez-Sola (long jump). Serena Bolden was a national qualifier (long jump) while at LSU.
Four Hoosiers will be in the pole vault including Stone, Carrel, Riley Johnston and Jessica Mercier with Stone and Carrel both projected as national qualifiers.
IU's sprinters will be busy this weekend with Alyssa Robinson (100/200 meters), Antonio Laidler (100 meters and 4x100 relay) and Christopher Grant (100 meters and 4x100 relay) all double entered. Micah Camble (400mH) is making his debut in an individual event at the regional meet.
Claire Overfelt (10,000 meters), Maddie Dalton (1500 meters), Jenna Barker (1500 meters), Jake Gebhardt (5000 meters), Sarah Schmitt (5000 meters), Alyssa Skorge (3000mS), Keefer Soehngen (800 meters) and Camden Marshall and (800 meters) make up the distance crew headed to the regional meet.
Both Soehngen and Overfelt are among a group of first-year IU athletes qualified to the regional meet that also features John Colquitt in the 4x100 relay. Colquitt and Soehngen are both true freshmen.
The throws group will feature Ulrich, Mockler, Makayla Hunter (shot put and javelin) and Noah Koch (shot put and discus). IU's jumpers will include Fernandez-Sola, Jenkins, Bolden, Robert Blue (triple jump) and Grayson Rolen (high jump).
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP
The Hoosiers wrapped up the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Bloomington with a 7th place finish from the men and 9th place finish from the women.
Camden Marshall kicked to a Big Ten title in the 800 meters, running the No. 3 time in school history at 1:46.57. This is his second conference title but his first outdoors.
Paola Fernandez-Sola finally got her Big Ten title in the long jump, recording a massive, season's best mark of 6.52m/21-4.75. She broke IU's 16-year streak without a long jump conference title.
Serena Bolden was third in the long jump (6.29m/20-7.75) to spark a 16-point tally for the women in the event.
Nathan Stone and Tyler Carrel went 2-3 in the pole vault. Along with Riley Johnston's eighth-place finish in the event, the Hoosiers scored 15 points.
Jayden Ulrich threw a massive personal best in the shot put to win bronze. Her throw went 17.87m/58-7.5, No. 2 in program history.
Jake Gebhardt won bronze in the steeplechase and came back for fifth in the 5000 meters for 10 total team points.
2023 OUTDOOR PRIMER
There are 21 events contested at the Big Ten and NCAA levels during the outdoor campaign. Outdoor-specific events include the 4x100 relay, the 1500 meters, the Steeplechase, the 10,000 meters, the 400-meter hurdles, the Discus, the Hammer and the Javelin. The Heptathlon (W)/Decathlon (M) also introduce new events to increase the workload.
A number of events will transition from indoor-specific distances to the standard outdoor distance. For example, the 60 meters indoors becomes 100 meters outdoors.
Despite losing the DMR in the transition to outdoors, the Hoosiers add a number of key pieces to its lineup this time of year.
Jayden Ulrich (Discus), Sean Mockler (Hammer) and Noah Koch (Discus) all add their strongest event. Ulrich was the 2022 Big Ten Champion as a freshman and she and Mockler both hold school records in their respective events.
The 1500 meters and Steeplechase have both been kind to the Hoosiers over the years. After a strong indoor season, Jake Gebhardt will steeple outdoors where he looks to score big points for the team.
Shaton Vaughn and David Olowookere have both been strong 400-meter hurdlers during their career and have the chance to run their primary event outdoors.
| NCAA East Prelims: Wednesday, May 24th | |
| Time (EDT) | Event: Athletes |
| 10:00 AM | Men's Hammer Throw: Sean Mockler |
| 6:00 PM | Men's Shot Put: Noah Koch |
| 6:30 PM | Men's Pole Vault: Tyler Carrel, Nathan Stone, Riley Johnston |
| 7:00 PM | Men's 100 Meters (First Round): Antonio Laidler, Christopher Grant |
| 7:50 PM | Men's 800 Meters (First Round): Camden Marshall, Keefer Soehngen |
| 8:20 PM | Men's 400 Hurdles (First Round): Micah Camble |
| NCAA East Prelims: Thursday, May 25th | |
| Time (EDT) | Event: Athletes |
| 1:30 PM | Women's Javelin: Makayla Hunter |
| 6:00 PM | Women's Long Jump: Paola Fernandez-Sola, Serena Bolden |
| 6:30 PM | Women's Pole Vault: Jessica Mercier |
| 6:30 PM | Women's 1500 Meters (First Round): Maddie Dalton, Jenna Barker |
| 7:00 PM | Women's 100 Meters (First Round): Alyssa Robinson |
| 7:00 PM | Women's Shot Put: Jayden Ulrich |
| 8:45 PM | Women's 200 Meters: Alyssa Robinson |
| 9:10 PM | Women's 10,000 Meters: Claire Overfelt |
| NCAA East Prelims: Friday, May 26th | |
| Time (EDT) | Event: Athletes |
| 1:00 PM | Men's Discus: Noah Koch |
| 2:30 PM | Men's High Jump: Grayson Rolen |
| 5:00 PM | Men's 4x100 Relay (Quarterfinals): Indiana -Trelee Banks, Antonio Laidler, John Colquitt, Christopher Grant |
| 6:00 PM | Men's Triple Jump: Robert Blue |
| 6:35 PM | Men's 100 Meters (Quarterfinals): Top 24 Athletes |
| 7:05 PM | Men's 800 Meters (Quarterfinals): Top 24 Athletes |
| 7:25 PM | Men's 400 Hurdles (Quarterfinals): Top 24 Athletes |
| 8:10 PM | Men's 5000 Meters: Jake Gebhardt |
| NCAA East Prelims: Saturday, May 27th | |
| Time (EDT) | Event: Athletes |
| 1:00 PM | Women's Discus: Jayden Ulrich |
| 2:30 PM | Women's High Jump: Mahogany Jenkins |
| 5:15 PM | Women's 1500 Meters (Quarterfinals): Top 24 Athletes |
| 5:40 PM | Women's 3000 Steeplechase: Alyssa Skorge |
| 6:00 PM | Women's Triple Jump: Mahogany Jenkins |
| 6:35 PM | Women's 100 Meters (Quarterfinals): Top 24 Athletes |
| 7:50 PM | Women's 200 Meters (Quarterfinals): Top 24 Athletes |
| 8:10 PM | Women's 5000 Meters: Sarah Schmitt |
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