2010 BIG TEN OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD FINAL RELEASE Contact: Dan Mihalik, Robert Hammel Communications Intern • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 146 • E-mail:
[email protected] 2010 BIG TEN OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SEASON IN REVIEW Three Big Ten student-athletes were crowned The Texas A&M men and women each won their to win their third-straight team championship national champions at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor second straight championships. The Aggie women with 133.5 points. Minnesota finished in second Track and Field Championships on historic recorded 72 points, ahead of Oregon (57), Florida place with 123 points, while Wisconsin was third Hayward Track at the University of Oregon in (40) and Penn State. The Aggie men held on for a with 101.5. Both programs were led by Big Ten Eugene, Ore. Illinois’ Andrew Riley took home one-point win over Florida 55-54. Oregon was Coach of the Year honorees, Steve Plasencia for top honors in the 110-meter hurdles, Indiana’s third (45) and Arizona State was fourth (37). the Minnesota men and Beth Alford-Sullivan for Derek Drouin was victorious in the high jump, the Penn State women. and Penn State’s Bridget Franek won the gold Before qualifying for the NCAA medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Championships, the conference squads con- Following the Big Ten Championships, the con- verged on the Indiana University campus and ference honored its individual award winners. Anchored by Franek’s effort, the Penn State the Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex On the men’s side, Illinois’ Riley was named women placed fourth in the team standings.