11 Event Winners in First Day of Indiana Invitational

Friday, January 17

Bloomington, Ind.

9:00 A.M.

Indiana University

Indiana Invitational

BLOOMINGTON, IN - January 17, 2025 - Dezmone Starks of the Indiana Hoosiers, Tameer Saleh of the Indiana Hoosiers, Trelee Banks of the Indiana Hoosiers and Novo Onovwerosuoke of the Indiana Hoosiers during the Indiana Invitational at Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Maddi Sponsel/Indiana Athletics

11 Event Winners in First Day of Indiana Invitational

1/17/2025 10:38:00 PM | Track and Field

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana track and field opened the Indiana Invitational on Friday (January 17) inside Gladstein Fieldhouse with 11 different event winners and several personal bests on first day of the event.

"Today was good," said associate head coach Jake Wiseman. "It was a great atmosphere. We had a lot of great performances. In some of the events, like the [distance medley relay], it was just two of our teams, and I thought the kids ran well, even though we were running against ourselves.

"As the meets start to add up, you start to see more and more good performances across the team. That's what we are looking for. It's coming together. It's a long season, but we have seen that the kids have trained hard and are starting to see some good performances."

The heptathlon started the day, with Garrett Messer winning three out of four events to hold the early lead in the event.

On the track, a number of PRs were highlighted by the distance group, with Mariah Wehrle (4:44.73) and Lily Myers (4:45.09) set personal bests to lead the way in the women's mile. Katelyn Winton (4:55.46) and Claire Overfelt (4:59.54; PR) also finished under five minutes in the event.

Dylon Nalley followed with a strong performance in the men's mile with a 4:10.43 personal best. Tony Provenzano (4:12.80; PR) finished second in the event.

Amelia Dodds (1:31.00) won the women's 600 meter, with Cambell Wamsley and Nola Somers Glenn taking second and third respectively.

Kiera Davis ran a season best 24.46 to win the women's 200, which was followed by a 21.02 from Trelee Banks-Rose in the men's 200 meter. Banks-Rose ended the day with the No. 2 time in the Big Ten in the event.

Hannah Alexander has had a strong start to the year. Her win in the women's weight throw (19.04m/62-5.75) gives her back-to-back 19m performances on the season.

Tyler Carrel (5.20m/17-0.75) came out with the win in the men's pole vault and Mahogany Jenkins ( 1.73m/5-8) set a season best as she won the women's high jump.

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