Track and Field Opens Outdoor Season at LSU, NC State

Track and Field Opens Outdoor Season at LSU, NC State

3/27/2024 4:15:00 PM | Track and Field

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana track and field returns to competition after two weeks off as they gear up for the 2024 outdoor season.

The distance group along with the throwers will head to the Raleigh Relays from March 28-30^th while rest of the squad competes in Baton Rouge at LSU's Battle on the Bayou meet on March 29-30^th.

MEET INFO
Battle on the Bayou (All times ET)
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Venues: Bernie Moore Track Stadium
Livestats (LSU)

Raleigh Relays (All times (ET)
Location: Raleigh, N.C.
Venue: Paul Derr Track & Field Facility
Livestats / ESPN+ (NC State)
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THE HOOOSIER LINEUP
RALEIGH RELAYS
Distance
Indiana will open up the outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays with the 5000 meters.

Six Hoosiers including Lily Myers, Claire Overfelt, Grace Tyson, Mariah Wehrle, Katelyn Winton and Emma Everhart-Deckard will represent the women's side.

Austin Haskett, Brayden Henkle, Garrett Hicks and Aidan Lord will look to take care of business on the men's side.

Tori Schmidt, Abe Eckman and Skylar Stidam will go the long distance in the 10,000 meters.

Throws
Bridget Beyer will compete in her first collegiate Hammer Throw competition with experienced Sean Mockler Hunter Smith and Tyler Reyna are entered on the men's side.

Drew Franklin will make his collegiate debut inside the ring for the discus throw with teammates Smith and Reyna joining him.

LSU BATTLE AT THE BAYOU
Sprints
Symone Adams and Kristina Vincic will double up in the 100- and 200-meter sprints.

Long sprinters Ryann Parrish, Morgan Snow and Cambell Wamsley will run the 400 Meter.

Olivia Gee will race the 100-meter hurdles and will be joined by Parrish and Kai Snell in the 400-meter hurdles.
John Colquitt, Max Grangier and Garrett Messer will run the 110 meter hurdles. Colquitt will double up in the 400 Meter hurdles with Micah Camble and David Olowookere to open the outdoor season.

Trelee Banks, Otto De St Jeor will double up in the 100- and 200-meter. Antonio Laidler, Novo Onovwerosuoke, and Gage Pratt will also run the 200.

Freshmen Jasmine Klopstad, Amelia Dodds and Maddie Russin will double up in the 800 and 1500 meters. Alyssa Shope will also make her first outdoor season debut in the 1500 meters.

The Hoosiers are stacked in the 800-meter event on the men's side with seven Hoosiers in Jaylen Castillo, Nico Colchico, Keelan Grant, Andrew Mangum, Nolan Satterfield, Martin Segurola, and Keefer Soehngen set to compete.

Five of the Hoosiers will also compete in the 1500 meters including Castillo, Grant, Mangum, Satterfield and Segurola.

Andi VanMeter and Allie Latta will run the 5k. Cole Raymond will be the sole runner on the men's side.

Relays
The Hoosiers will enter two 4x400 meter relays with Snow, Vincic, Wamsley and Russin on the A relay team and Parrish, Adams, Dodds, and Phillips on the B relay team.

On the men's side, Banks, Colquitt, De St Jeor, and Onovwerosuoke are set to pass the paton around the circle in the 4x100 relay. Pratt and Laidler are listed as alternatives.

The Hoosiers have also entered two 4x400 relay squads with Camble, Onovwerosuoke, Laidler and Vincent Graiani on the A team and Colchico, Soehngen, Grant and Olowookere on the B squad.

Jumps
Serena Bolden will participate in three events including the long and triple jumps and the 100m sprint.

Mahogany Jenkins will also double up as she competes in the Triple Jump and High Jump.

Taylor Schoonveld and Deepak Laungani will compete in the field in the High Jump while Max Grangier, Garrett Messer and Alex Smith participate in the Long Jump. Smith will also join the Hoosiers on the starting line for the 100 meters.

Throws
Messer will also throw the discus in his first collegiate competition.

Shanna Esters is set to compete in the Javelin as she makes her season debut.

Pole Vault
Tyler Carrel, Riley Johnston and Nathan Stone will vault this weekend for the Hoosiers.

INDOOR RECAP
Graduate student Kenisha Phillips also won silver in the 400 meters with a time of 51.72 to break her own school record set earlier this season. The Georgetown, Guyana, native earns a spot in the event with the No. 9 seed to make her first NCAA Indoor appearance.

In her final season of eligibility, graduate student Jessica Mercier finished eighth on the national stage and a First-Team All-American honor. At the Big Ten Championships, she finished runner-up in the Pole Vault with a mark of 4.45m/14-7.25 as she shattered the school record for the second time this season to score the Hoosiers eight points. Mercier held the sixth highest mark in the nation as she qualified for her second NCAA Indoor Championships after qualifying in 2022 with Michigan.

Junior Camden Marshall won his first Big Ten Indoor Title in the 800 meters. He was named the outdoor champion in the 2023 outdoor season.

OUTDOOR PRIMER
The outdoor season will add 10 outdoor-specific events including 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) will also introduce new events.

Returning 800 Meter Big Ten Champion Camden Marshall looks to improve his time to hold the title this season.

Nathan Stone is the reigning Big Ten Outdoor Pole Vault Champion. He currently holds five Big Ten Titles after claiming the 2024 Indoor title. Stone also made his fourth NCAA Championship appearance outdoors last season. He finished as a Second-Team All-American, finishing 13^th in the nation.

Teammate Tyler Carrel also earned a bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships where he finished 19^th. He also claimed the bronze medal in the 2024 Big Ten Championships.

Shanna Esters will throw the Javelin this season after great progression in the off season while Freshman Drew Franklin will compete in his first collegiate competition in the discus.

Outdoor School Records
Antonio Laidler holds the 100-meter record with a time of 10.19.

Sean Mockler set the Hammer Throw school record in 2022 with a mark of 68.68m/225-7.

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