Koch Books Ticket to NCAA’s in Discus

Friday, May 26

Jacksonville, Fla.

ALL DAY

Indiana University

NCAA East Prelims

5/26/2023 9:00:00 PM | Track and Field

Results (PDF)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Heading into the NCAA East Prelims, Noah Koch was seeded 23rd in the region in the discus. He left with a massive season's best of 58.70m/192-7 and a bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships after finishing fourth in the discus in Jacksonville.

Each of Koch's three throws in the series were better than the season's best he brought to the meet. He launched the discus 56.68m/185-11 on his opening attempt, 56.50m/185-4 on the second and closed it out with the No. 3 mark in school history at 58.70m/192-7.

His throw was the best by an IU athlete in the event since Gregg Hart's school-record mark of 60.42m/198-3 in 1993. This is Koch's first season at the division one level after being a Division Two All-American at Ashland.

He is the fifth Hoosier to qualify to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Tyler Carrel (pole vault), Nathan Stone (pole vault), Paola Fernandez-Sola (long jump) and Jayden Ulrich (shot put) have also secured bids ahead of the final day of the women's competition tomorrow.

Camden Marshall, for the second-straight year, missed the national meet by the slimmest of margins in the 800 meters. In what was a closely-run heat, Marshall finished .11 seconds off third place and the automatic qualifying spots. In 2022, he was just .01 seconds off the automatic spots.

Antonio Laidler closed out a busy season with a 22nd-place finish in the 100 meters, running 10.17w (+5.5). He also ran second leg for the Hoosiers in the 4x100 relay, finishing 19th alongside Trelee Banks, John Colquitt and Christopher Grant.

Jake Gebhardt closed out his IU career in the 5000 meters at the regional meet. In his final season for the Hoosiers, he scored in all four Big Ten events he contested and anchored the All-American Distance Medley Relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

NCAA East Prelims: May 26th
Event	Athletes: Mark
Discus (M): First Round	4. Noah Koch: 58.70m/192-7 \| No. 3 School History
Triple Jump (M): First Round	35. Robert Blue: 14.97m/49-1.5
High Jump (M): First Round	30. Grayson Rolen: 1.99m/6-6.25
100 Meters (M): Quarterfinals	22. Antonio Laidler: 10.17w (+5.5)
4x100 Relay (M): Quarterfinals	19. Indiana: 40.63 - Trelee Banks, Antonio Laidler, John Colquitt, Christopher Grant
800 Meters (M): Quarterfinals	20. Camden Marshall: 1:51.78
5000 Meters (M): Semifinals	30. Jake Gebhardt: 14:16.44

Athletes Advanced to NCAA Championships:
The top-12 athletes in each event move to the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 7-10).

• Noah Koch (Discus)