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2018-19 BIG TEN CONFERENCE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS RELEASE Contact: Chris Masters, Associate Director, Communications • Office: 847-696-1010, ext. 146 • Cell: 574-532-4166 • E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @BigTenChamps MEDIA INFORMATION CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEWS Dates: Feb. 22-23, 2019 Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. Men’s Preview Women’s Preview Facility: U-M Indoor Track Building The 109th edition of the Big Ten Men’s Indoor The 2019 Big Ten Women’s Indoor Track & Field Host: University of Michigan Track & Field Championships will be contested Championships will take place Friday and Satur- Meet Website: bigten.org/ITFChamps Friday and Saturday at the University of Michi- day at the University of Michigan’s Indoor Track gan’s Indoor Track Building in Ann Arbor. This Building in Ann Arbor. This will be the 38th in- Michigan Athletics Communications Information will mark the fifth time Michigan has played stallment of the Championships and the fourth Kyle Terwillegar, Assistant Director host to the conference’s indoor meet, having time they will be held at Michigan, which also E-mail: [email protected] previously done so in 1977, 1984, 1994 and played host to the conference’s indoor women’s Championships Coverage 2004. It will also be the first time the Big Ten meet in 1987, 1995 and 2005. It’s also the first Live results of the 2019 Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships have been time the meet has been held on campus since Indoor Track & Field Championships will be available held on campus since 2012 (when Nebraska 2012 (when Nebraska hosted), with the past six at results.deltatiming.com, while daily updates can hosted), with the past six conference meets tak- conference meets taking place at the SPIRE In- be found at bigten.org. Championships updates are also available through Twitter at @BigTenChamps. ing place at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. stitute in Geneva, Ohio. TV Coverage Ohio State is the defending Big Ten Champion, Minnesota earned the Big Ten title in 2018, BTN Plus and FloTrack Pro will provide live coverage of earning its sixth conference title in 2018, and returning the top step of the podium for the the 2019 Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships, its first crown in 25 years with 101.5 points to fourth time in school history and the first time beginning at 10 a.m. (ET) both days. BTN Plus is avail- able on BTN’s digital extension, BTN2Go. edge past runner-up Nebraska (93.5 points). in nine years. The Golden Gophers collected Rounding out the top five were Indiana (86 91.5 points in last year’s victory, outpacing Big Ten Network will air a 60-minute highlights show points), Penn State (84 points) and Wisconsin runner-up Purdue (80 points), with Indiana and from the championships at 5:30 p.m. (ET) on Tuesday, (70 points). Ohio State tying for third (75 points) and Iowa Feb. 26. That broadcast will also be available on the just behind in fifth place (74 points). FOX Sports app, as well as BTN2Go. Wisconsin’s Oliver Hoare returns after earning BIG TEN ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships in One of the standouts to watch this year will 2018. Hoare is the defending Big Ten Champion be Ohio State thrower Sade Olatoye, who set MEN in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters and comes into a conference record by becoming the first stu- Dec. 12 T: Rikkoi Brathwaite, Fr., IND F: Eric Bethea, Sr., IND this year’s meet with the nation’s fastest time in dent of either gender to be selected as Big Ten Jan. 9 T: Cooper Williams, So., IND the mile (3:54.83 at the Millrose Games on Feb. Field Athlete of the Week for five consecutive F: Eric Bethea, Sr., IND 9) and the fifth-fastest time in the 3,000 meters weeks this season. Olatoye, who won the Big Jan. 16 T: Kyle Mau, Jr., IND F: Andrew Liskowitz, Jr., MICH (7:48.81 at the Indiana Relays on Jan. 25). Ten shot put title last year, owns the nation’s Jan. 23 T: Jon Davis, So., ILL best mark in the weight throw (23.51 me- F: Joe Ellis, Gr., MICH Hoare also anchors Wisconsin’s distance med- ters/77-1.75) and the No. 2 distance in the shot Jan. 30 T: Oliver Hoare, Jr., WIS F: Morgan Shigo, Sr., PSU ley relay squad that recorded the second-fast- put (17.73m/58-2). Feb. 6 T: Mar’yea Harris, Sr., IOWA est time in the nation this year, and the third- F: Nick Guerrant, Jr., MSU Feb. 13 T: Oliver Hoare, Jr., WIS fastest “all conditions” time in NCAA history, at On the track, Penn State’s Danae Rivers has T: Morgan McDonald, Sr., WIS last week’s Alex Wilson Invitational (9:26.24). set school records this year in the 800 meters, F: Joe Ellis, Gr., MICH 1,000 meters and the mile, the latter coming Feb. 20 T: Distance Medley Relay, WIS F: David Lucas, Jr., PSU Penn State’s David Lucas is one of the spotlight at the Millrose Games on Feb. 9 and ranking as returnees in the field events, having captured the nation’s fastest time in the event this year WOMEN the 2018 Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year award. (4:29.47). In addition, her 800-meter time of Dec. 12 T: Jenny Kimbro, Jr., IOWA F: Leah Moran, Jr., IND Lucas got a late start to this season due to inju- 2:02.94 is good for third in the country this year. Jan. 9 T: Natalie Price, So., IND ry, but is coming off Athlete of the Week honors F: Anna Watson, So., IND on Wednesday after recording the nation’s No. Others to watch include PSU’s Alexis Holmes Jan. 16 T: Danae Rivers, Jr., PSU (USTFCCCA AOW) F: Banke Oginni, Sr., WIS 7 weight throw mark (22.47 meters/73-8.75) at (No. 3 in the nation at 400 meters - 52.58), Wis- Jan. 23 T: Aurora Rynda, Fr., MICH last weekend’s Penn State Tune-Up. consin’s Alicia Monson (No. 1 in the nation at F: Sade Olatoye, Sr., OSU 3,000 meters - 8:45.97) and the Michigan dis- Jan. 30 T: Danae Rivers, Jr., PSU F: Sade Olatoye, Sr., OSU Lucas will be challenged in the weight throw by tance medley relay squad, which also owns the Feb. 6 T: Anavia Battle, So., OSU last year’s Big Ten Champion in the event, Joe country’s fastest time this year, breaking the F: Laulauga Tausaga, Jr., IOWA (USTFCCCA AOW) Ellis from host Michigan (No. 2 in the nation this tape in 10:54.47 at last weekend’s Alex Wilson F: Sade Olatoye, Sr., OSU Feb. 13 T: Danae Rivers, Jr., PSU year at 23.56m/77-3.75) and Lucas’ teammate, Invitational to earn USTFCCCA National Athlete T: Alicia Monson, Jr., WIS (USTFCCCA AOW) Morgan Shigo, who finished fourth at last year’s of the Week honors (joining Rivers, Monson F: Sade Olatoye, Sr., OSU Big Ten Championships and is tied with Lucas and Iowa thrower Laulauga Tausaga as Big Ten Feb. 20 T: Distance Medley Relay, MICH (USTFCCCA AOW) F: Sade Olatoye, Sr., OSU for seventh in the nation this year. students receiving that award this year). 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The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of all 14 Big Ten universities, which is widely considered to be the model for effective and voluntary collaboration among top research universities. 2019 Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships Release Page 2 2019 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, Feb. 22 Saturday, Feb. 23 10 a.m. Heptathlon (60 meters) 10:00 a.m. Heptathlon (60-meter hurdles) 10:45 Heptathlon (long jump)* 11:00 Heptathlon (pole vault)* 10:50 Pentathlon (60-meter hurdles) 11:00 Men’s triple jump (trials & final) 11:15 Men’s 3,000 meters (unseeded) 11:10 Men’s shot put (trials & final) 11:35 Women’s 3,000 meters (unseeded) 11:40 Men’s 5,000 meters (unseeded) 11:40 Pentathlon (high jump)* Noon Women’s 5,000 meters (unseeded) 12:30 p.m. Heptathlon (shot put)* 1:15 p.m. Men’s 60-meter hurdles (final) 12:45 Men’s 60-meter hurdles (prelims) 1:25 Women’s 60-meter hurdles (final) 1:05 Women’s 60-meter hurdles (prelims) 1:35 Men’s 60 meters (final) 1:25 Men’s 60 meters (prelims) 1:45 Women’s 60 meters (final) 1:45 Women’s 60 meters (prelims) 1:45 Women’s shot put (trials & final) 1:45 Heptathlon (high jump)* 2:00 Women’s triple jump (trials & final) 2:00 Pentathlon (shot put)* 2:00 Women’s high jump (final) 2:15 Men’s mile (prelims) 2:05 Heptathlon (1,000 meters)* 2:35 Women’s mile (prelims) 2:15 Men’s mile (final) 2:55 Men’s 400 meters (prelims) 2:25 Women’s mile (final) 3:15 Pentathlon (long jump)* 2:30 Men’s pole vault (final) 3:20 Women’s 400 meters (prelims) 2:35 Men’s 400 meters (final) 3:30 Men’s weight throw (trials & final) 2:45 Women’s 400 meters (final) 3:30 Women’s pole vault (final) 2:55 Men’s 800 meters (final) 3:45 Men’s 800 meters (prelims) 3:05 Women’s 800 meters (final) 4:05 Women’s 800 meters (prelims) 3:15 Men’s 600 meters (final) 4:25 Men’s 600 meters (prelims) 3:25 Women’s 600 meters (final) 4:30 Men’s high jump (final) 3:35 Men’s 200 meters (final) 4:45 Men’s long jump (trials & final) 3:45 Women’s 200 meters (final) 4:45 Women’s long jump (trials & final) 3:55 Men’s 5,000 meters (final) 4:50 Women’s 600 meters (prelims) 4:15 Women’s 5,000 meters (final) 5:15 Pentathlon (800 meters) 4:40 Men’s 4x400-meter relay (final) 5:25 Men’s 200 meters (prelims) 4:55 Women’s 4x400-meter relay (final) 5:30 Women’s weight throw (trials & final) 5:10 Awards presentation 5:50 Women’s 200 meters (prelims) * - Pentathlon and heptathlon times are approximate and times may be 6:15 Men’s 3,000 meters (final) adjusted based on number of entries.