Track and Field
Wiseman, Jake
Jake Wiseman
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- japwisem@iu.edu
Jake Wiseman, who has mentored some of the top pole vaulters in the nation, finished his 18th season as the Hoosiers' assistant coach for pole vault, javelin and men’s multi groups in 2023. He was promoted to associate head coach ahead of the 2023-24 school year.
Under Wiseman, nine different athletes have qualified for a national meet. He has coached 16 Big Ten Champions, 20 All-Big Ten honorees, one Big Ten Freshman of the Year, one Great Lakes Regional Athlete of the Year and his athletes have earned 18 All-American certificates.
Indiana (2006-Present)
The 2024 season was another great one for the Indiana vaulters.
Nathan Stone won the 2024 Big Ten Indoor Pole Vault title while Jessica Mercier finished runner-up with a school record height of 4.45m/14-7.25.
Mercier qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships for the second time in her career. She earned First Team All-America honors after finishing eighth at the national meet.
Wiseman coached Stone to his fifth conference win in the pole vault, the first Hoosier to achieve this feat. He owns three indoor titles and two outdoors and has scored a total of 68 points in the conference event.
On the men’s side, Indiana has won five of the last six Big Ten Indoor titles in the Pole Vault with Stone taking gold in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Tyler Carrel earned Bronze at the conference meet and Riley Johnston tied for eighth to combine for 16.33 points.
Tyler Carrel had a great outdoor season after he qualified for his first NCAA Championship appearance. He placed 22nd at the national meet to earn USTFCCCA Honorable Mention.
Wiseman has also contributed to the development of Max Grangier and Garrett Messer in the combined events.
The duo entered into IU’s top 10 list in the heptathlon in the 2024 indoor season. At the Indoor Big Ten Championships, Messer finished eighth overall with 5,003 points to score his first individual team point for the Hoosiers. Grangier finished 10th with 4,867 points, just missing the podium.
In the outdoor portion of the season, Messer broke through outdoor top 10 list at Big Ten Championships with a sixth-place finish with 6,956 points after setting five personal bests. Grangier totaled 6,797 points to finish ninth at the conference championships. He set six personal bests in different events.
The Hoosiers combined to score 29 points in the men's pole vault between the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2023. Nathan Stone won the indoor title in the pole vault and finished second outdoors. Tyler Carrel scored at both meets, finishing fifth indoors and third outdoors.
Carrel vaulted a massive personal best of 5.54m/18-2 at the Billy Hayes Invitational in May to become the sixth member of the 18-foot club in program history outdoors. Both Carrel and Stone would advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships where Stone would earn Second Team All-American honors.
In 2022, Nathan Stone continued his great run of form winning the Big Ten Outdoor Championship in the pole vault after finishing third during the outdoor campaign.
Stone was phenomenal during the 2021 season where he captured both the indoor and outdoor Big Ten Championships in the pole vault. Teammate Brock Mammoser finished in fifth. Both Stone and Mammoser went to compete at the NCAA East Prelims which saw Stone advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene. At the national meet, Stone turned in a Second Team All-American performance. On the women’s side, Anna Watson remained towards the top of the Big Ten and finished in seventh at the indoor meet and 13th outdoors. She also saw competition at the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
The 2020 season was another standout year for Wiseman and his group prior to the early conclusion of the campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Adam Coulon cleared a Big Ten record height of 5.56m/18-2.75 on his way to a second-consecutive Big Ten Indoor title. Brock Mammoser was the runner-up for the second straight season while freshman Nathan Stone broke out on to the season to take fifth at the championships.
Wiseman’s squad took three of the four Big Ten titles up for grabs in the 2018-19 season in the pole vault. Adam Coulon swept the indoor and outdoor Big Ten Championships while Anna Watson captured her first conference title during the outdoor season. Coulon along with Brock Mammoser qualified for NCAA Outdoor National Championships.
During the 2017-18 season, Wiseman coached Adam Coulon in his breakout year. Coulon had five top-three finishes during the regular season. He took silver at indoor Big Ten Championships and fifth outdoor. He made his NCAA Championships debut with a top-10 finish.
Sydney Clute became the most distinguished women’s vaulter in Big Ten history during the 2016-17 season. Her first meet of the outdoor season saw her break the school and Big Ten Conference record with a clearance of 4.55m/14-11. She won the outdoor Big Ten Championship with ease, breaking her own championship record in the process. She concluded the season by finishing fourth at the NCAA Championships, earning her third First-Team All-America distinction.
The 2015-16 season began the emergence of Sydney Clute. She won the indoor and outdoor pole vault Big Ten Championships. Her clearance of 4.42m/14-6 in the outdoor meet broke the school and conference championship record. Clute finished 10th at the Indoor NCAA Championships and earned All-America honors with a fourth place finish in the outdoor championships.
In the 2013-14 season Wiseman helped the IU women nearly sweep the top three spots at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. Kelsie Ahbe was the Big Ten Champion, Sophie Gutermuth finished runner-up and Sydney Clute finished in fourth-place. Ahbe and Clute both advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships and both earned All-American honors. Ahbe jumped a school record 4.40m/14-5.25 and finished in second place, while Clute finished in eighth place.
In 2011, Neuenswander and Ahbe did things that Hoosiers have never done before in the pole vault. They capped the season by finishing in a 1-2 sweep at Big Tens and then both earning All-American honors at NCAA's. Neuenswander took the Big Ten crown with a conference-record tying clearance of 4.36m/14-3.75 with Ahbe right behind, clearing 4.26m/13-11.75. The pair then went on to finish fourth and sixth respectively at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Indoors, IU got 16 points in the women's pole vault as Ahbe took second, Neuenswander was fourth and Chin finished sixth. All three competed at the NCAA Regional.
The 2010 campaign was more of the same for Indiana's tradition-rich pole vault program. Coover highlighted the year with third place at the NCAA Indoor Championships and All-America honors outdoors as well. Ahbe continued a trend of successful freshmen female vaulters at Indiana with All-Big Ten honors outdoors and a trip to the NCAA Championships. The freshman also advanced to the World Junior Championships with a second-place finish at USA's. Derek Messmer advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round, as did Laura Williams.
The 2009 season was a great one for the IU pole vault program, as Wiseman's pupils claimed All-America honors three times and brought home a Big Ten title. Coover won the Big Ten indoor crown and took fourth at NCAA's for his second career All-America honors. His remarkably consistent indoor season garnered him Great Lakes Region Athlete of the Year honors. Neuenswander claimed All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, finishing sixth indoors and second at the outdoor meet. She also won the NCAA Mideast Regional, clearing a then school record height of 4.31m. Wiseman helped Coover to a clearance of 5.35 meters at the Sea Ray Relays, the nation's eighth-best mark on the year. Coover finished fourth at the regional, good for a spot at the national meet. At the NCAA Championships, Coover took seventh place and All-America honors.
Chin blossomed under Wiseman's tutelage in 2008, breaking IU's indoor and outdoor records and making it to the NCAA Championships in both seasons. Chin cleared 4.14m at the Alex Wilson Invitational to earn her spot at the NCAA Championships. When she got the chance to move outdoors, she kept the ball rolling with a clearance of 4.25m.
In 2007, Neuenswander set a new Big Ten Outdoor Championship and Nittany Lion Field record en route to the individual league title and a spot at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet. Her regional trip led her to the NCAA Championships where she finished 12th. Neuenswander also posted a successful indoor season in her rookie year. She broke the Big Ten Indoor Championship record with a vault of 4.11 meters to win silver and earn Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. Burkholder came away with the pole vault title and a regional qualification at the Billy Hayes Invitational in 2007. His success at Billy Hayes sent him into the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, where he won the individual title for the Hoosiers. Burkholder then cleared 5.06 meters at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet to take third and earn his first-ever trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Personal
Prior to his coaching career, Wiseman finished runner-up at the 2005 Big Ten Championships and represented Indiana at the NCAA Championships in the decathlon. In 2004, the Corydon, Ind., native also competed in the decathlon at Big Ten's, where he finished third, and at NCAA's, where he came in 21st overall. Wiseman can be found in the Indiana record books with his career-best mark in the javelin (63.89m/209-10) ranking third and his 7365 points in the decathlon ranking third all-time.
Wiseman graduated in the spring of 2005 with a bachelor's degree in continuing studies and resides in Bloomington with his wife, Stacey.
Under Wiseman, nine different athletes have qualified for a national meet. He has coached 16 Big Ten Champions, 20 All-Big Ten honorees, one Big Ten Freshman of the Year, one Great Lakes Regional Athlete of the Year and his athletes have earned 18 All-American certificates.
Indiana (2006-Present)
The 2024 season was another great one for the Indiana vaulters.
Nathan Stone won the 2024 Big Ten Indoor Pole Vault title while Jessica Mercier finished runner-up with a school record height of 4.45m/14-7.25.
Mercier qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships for the second time in her career. She earned First Team All-America honors after finishing eighth at the national meet.
Wiseman coached Stone to his fifth conference win in the pole vault, the first Hoosier to achieve this feat. He owns three indoor titles and two outdoors and has scored a total of 68 points in the conference event.
On the men’s side, Indiana has won five of the last six Big Ten Indoor titles in the Pole Vault with Stone taking gold in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Tyler Carrel earned Bronze at the conference meet and Riley Johnston tied for eighth to combine for 16.33 points.
Tyler Carrel had a great outdoor season after he qualified for his first NCAA Championship appearance. He placed 22nd at the national meet to earn USTFCCCA Honorable Mention.
Wiseman has also contributed to the development of Max Grangier and Garrett Messer in the combined events.
The duo entered into IU’s top 10 list in the heptathlon in the 2024 indoor season. At the Indoor Big Ten Championships, Messer finished eighth overall with 5,003 points to score his first individual team point for the Hoosiers. Grangier finished 10th with 4,867 points, just missing the podium.
In the outdoor portion of the season, Messer broke through outdoor top 10 list at Big Ten Championships with a sixth-place finish with 6,956 points after setting five personal bests. Grangier totaled 6,797 points to finish ninth at the conference championships. He set six personal bests in different events.
The Hoosiers combined to score 29 points in the men's pole vault between the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2023. Nathan Stone won the indoor title in the pole vault and finished second outdoors. Tyler Carrel scored at both meets, finishing fifth indoors and third outdoors.
Carrel vaulted a massive personal best of 5.54m/18-2 at the Billy Hayes Invitational in May to become the sixth member of the 18-foot club in program history outdoors. Both Carrel and Stone would advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships where Stone would earn Second Team All-American honors.
In 2022, Nathan Stone continued his great run of form winning the Big Ten Outdoor Championship in the pole vault after finishing third during the outdoor campaign.
Stone was phenomenal during the 2021 season where he captured both the indoor and outdoor Big Ten Championships in the pole vault. Teammate Brock Mammoser finished in fifth. Both Stone and Mammoser went to compete at the NCAA East Prelims which saw Stone advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene. At the national meet, Stone turned in a Second Team All-American performance. On the women’s side, Anna Watson remained towards the top of the Big Ten and finished in seventh at the indoor meet and 13th outdoors. She also saw competition at the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
The 2020 season was another standout year for Wiseman and his group prior to the early conclusion of the campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Adam Coulon cleared a Big Ten record height of 5.56m/18-2.75 on his way to a second-consecutive Big Ten Indoor title. Brock Mammoser was the runner-up for the second straight season while freshman Nathan Stone broke out on to the season to take fifth at the championships.
Wiseman’s squad took three of the four Big Ten titles up for grabs in the 2018-19 season in the pole vault. Adam Coulon swept the indoor and outdoor Big Ten Championships while Anna Watson captured her first conference title during the outdoor season. Coulon along with Brock Mammoser qualified for NCAA Outdoor National Championships.
During the 2017-18 season, Wiseman coached Adam Coulon in his breakout year. Coulon had five top-three finishes during the regular season. He took silver at indoor Big Ten Championships and fifth outdoor. He made his NCAA Championships debut with a top-10 finish.
Sydney Clute became the most distinguished women’s vaulter in Big Ten history during the 2016-17 season. Her first meet of the outdoor season saw her break the school and Big Ten Conference record with a clearance of 4.55m/14-11. She won the outdoor Big Ten Championship with ease, breaking her own championship record in the process. She concluded the season by finishing fourth at the NCAA Championships, earning her third First-Team All-America distinction.
The 2015-16 season began the emergence of Sydney Clute. She won the indoor and outdoor pole vault Big Ten Championships. Her clearance of 4.42m/14-6 in the outdoor meet broke the school and conference championship record. Clute finished 10th at the Indoor NCAA Championships and earned All-America honors with a fourth place finish in the outdoor championships.
In the 2013-14 season Wiseman helped the IU women nearly sweep the top three spots at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. Kelsie Ahbe was the Big Ten Champion, Sophie Gutermuth finished runner-up and Sydney Clute finished in fourth-place. Ahbe and Clute both advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships and both earned All-American honors. Ahbe jumped a school record 4.40m/14-5.25 and finished in second place, while Clute finished in eighth place.
In 2011, Neuenswander and Ahbe did things that Hoosiers have never done before in the pole vault. They capped the season by finishing in a 1-2 sweep at Big Tens and then both earning All-American honors at NCAA's. Neuenswander took the Big Ten crown with a conference-record tying clearance of 4.36m/14-3.75 with Ahbe right behind, clearing 4.26m/13-11.75. The pair then went on to finish fourth and sixth respectively at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Indoors, IU got 16 points in the women's pole vault as Ahbe took second, Neuenswander was fourth and Chin finished sixth. All three competed at the NCAA Regional.
The 2010 campaign was more of the same for Indiana's tradition-rich pole vault program. Coover highlighted the year with third place at the NCAA Indoor Championships and All-America honors outdoors as well. Ahbe continued a trend of successful freshmen female vaulters at Indiana with All-Big Ten honors outdoors and a trip to the NCAA Championships. The freshman also advanced to the World Junior Championships with a second-place finish at USA's. Derek Messmer advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round, as did Laura Williams.
The 2009 season was a great one for the IU pole vault program, as Wiseman's pupils claimed All-America honors three times and brought home a Big Ten title. Coover won the Big Ten indoor crown and took fourth at NCAA's for his second career All-America honors. His remarkably consistent indoor season garnered him Great Lakes Region Athlete of the Year honors. Neuenswander claimed All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, finishing sixth indoors and second at the outdoor meet. She also won the NCAA Mideast Regional, clearing a then school record height of 4.31m. Wiseman helped Coover to a clearance of 5.35 meters at the Sea Ray Relays, the nation's eighth-best mark on the year. Coover finished fourth at the regional, good for a spot at the national meet. At the NCAA Championships, Coover took seventh place and All-America honors.
Chin blossomed under Wiseman's tutelage in 2008, breaking IU's indoor and outdoor records and making it to the NCAA Championships in both seasons. Chin cleared 4.14m at the Alex Wilson Invitational to earn her spot at the NCAA Championships. When she got the chance to move outdoors, she kept the ball rolling with a clearance of 4.25m.
In 2007, Neuenswander set a new Big Ten Outdoor Championship and Nittany Lion Field record en route to the individual league title and a spot at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet. Her regional trip led her to the NCAA Championships where she finished 12th. Neuenswander also posted a successful indoor season in her rookie year. She broke the Big Ten Indoor Championship record with a vault of 4.11 meters to win silver and earn Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. Burkholder came away with the pole vault title and a regional qualification at the Billy Hayes Invitational in 2007. His success at Billy Hayes sent him into the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, where he won the individual title for the Hoosiers. Burkholder then cleared 5.06 meters at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet to take third and earn his first-ever trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Personal
Prior to his coaching career, Wiseman finished runner-up at the 2005 Big Ten Championships and represented Indiana at the NCAA Championships in the decathlon. In 2004, the Corydon, Ind., native also competed in the decathlon at Big Ten's, where he finished third, and at NCAA's, where he came in 21st overall. Wiseman can be found in the Indiana record books with his career-best mark in the javelin (63.89m/209-10) ranking third and his 7365 points in the decathlon ranking third all-time.
Wiseman graduated in the spring of 2005 with a bachelor's degree in continuing studies and resides in Bloomington with his wife, Stacey.
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