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WISCONSIN TRACK & FIELD 15 Big Ten Team Championships . 187 Big Ten Individual Champions . 33 NCAA Individual Champions 2016 BIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 INDOOR SCHEDULE FRIDAY-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 - 27, 2016 . GENEVA, OHIO . SPIRE INSTITUTE DATE EVENT RESULT Jan. 16 NOTRE DAME W, 73-62 Facility: ............................8-lane, 300-meter Beynon track TV:..................... BTN (Tape-delay: March 5, 9:30 a.m. CT) Live Results:...................................LightningTiming.com Play-by-Play ...................................................Dean Linke Jan. 23 Minnesota L, 66-93 Twitter: ...................................@BadgerTrackXC / #Badgers Analysts: ............................... Reed Connor and Sara Kroll Jan. 29-30 Jack Jennett Invitational NTS Live Stream: ......................................................BTN Plus Reporter: ............................................ Kenny McReynolds Feb. 5-6 Armory Collegiate Invite 12th, 30 pts. Feb. 12-13 Iowa State Classic NTS KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER The No. 22 Wisconsin women’s track and field team Feb. 19 RED & WHITE OPEN NTS opens postseason competition with the 2016 Big Ten Feb. 26-27 Big Ten Indoor Championships Indoor Track and Field Championships in Geneva, March 11-12 NCAA Indoor Championships Ohio, this weekend. The two-day meet begins on Friday at 9 a.m. CT while action on Saturday also Home events in BOLD CAPS held at Camp Randall Memorial Sports starts at 9 a.m. Center (The Shell). For the fourth-straight year, the Big Ten will contest its indoor championship meet a neutral site, utiliz- 2016 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE ing the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. The facility’s 8-lane, 300-meter track is the largest oval to host a DATE EVENT RESULT Big Ten indoor meet. March 24-26 Aztec Invitational Wisconsin looks to build on its seventh-place showing April 8-9 Spec Towns Invitational at last year’s Big Ten indoor competition. April 22 Stanford Twilight The Badgers, ranked No. 22 in the latest U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association April 23 Arkansas Invitational Kelsey Card was named the 2015 National Computer Rankings, are one of three Big Big Ten Indoor Field Athlete of the April 22-23 Triton Invitational Ten teams ranked in the latest poll, along with No. 6 Year and Championships following Michigan and No. 25 Purdue. April 28-30 Drake Relays last year’s indoor championships. May 6 WISCONSIN TWILIGHT Senior Kelsey Card leads the Big Ten in both the shot put and weight throw, while junior Georgia Ellenwood May 13-15 Big Ten Outdoor Championships enters the weekend with the league’s best mark in the pentathlon. May 26-28 NCAA West Preliminary Round June 8-11 NCAA Outdoor Championships NAMES TO KNOW Gabi Anzalone: Anzalone has had strong finishes in all meets she has participated June 24-25 USA Junior Championships in this season. She won the mile during the Badgers’ dual with Minnesota with a new July 1-10 USA Olympic Trials personal-best time of 4:50.76 before winning the 3000 meters just hours later. At the Armory Track Invitational she took second in the 5000 meters while competing against Home events in BOLD CAPS held at the Dan McClimon Memorial some of the country’s best collegiate talent. The senior captain ranks in the top-20 in the Track and Soccer Complex. conference in the mile, 3000 and 5000 meters. Kelsey Card: Card, the 2015 Big Ten champion in the indoor shot put and weight TWITTER: #BADGERS throw, looks to repeat at this year’s Big Ten meet. A four-time Big Ten Field Athlete . Official Account ..........................................@BadgerTrackXC of the Week selection this season, Card currently ranks second in the NCAA in the shot put with a personal best throw of 58-6 3/4 and eighth in the weight throw with a ONLINE: UWBADGERS.COM season-best mark of 69-7. She is the only student-athlete to be ranked in the top-10 in both throwing events and also paces the Big Ten in both events. UWBadgers.com offers the most complete and comprehen- sive coverage of the Badgers on gameday. Amy Davis: True freshman and Madison native Amy Davis has had quite the season so far during in her rookie campaign with UW. Davis clocked a time of 16:25.52 in the 5000 meters at the Iowa State Classic which ranks seventh in the Big Ten. In addition, Davis also ranks 17th in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:33.24 set during the Badgers’ dual at Minnesota. Georgia Ellenwood: A 2015 First Team-All American in the indoor pentathlon, Ellenwood has not disappointed this season. She won the heptathlon at the Jack Jennett Invitational with 4,295 points while setting new personal records in four of five events. The score currently ranks first in the Big Ten, fifth in the country, and is only four points away from tying the school record. Ebony McClendon: As a sophomore, McClendon has consistently put up fast marks in both the 60 and 200 meters, earning top-five finishes in the events at the ISU Classic. McClendon ranks in the top-15 in both events in the Big Ten Conference. Banke Oginni: The redshirt freshman has been having quite the season herself while competing against teammate and All-American thrower Kelsey Card. In the shot put, her personal-best throw of 49-10 1/2 ranks 10th nationally, while her season-best weight throw toss of 61-1 3/4 ranks 14th. Track & Field Contact: AJ Harrison . Office: 608-262-2255 . Cell: 608-279-8641 . E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 2016 BIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS GENERAL NOTES BADGERS IN THE RANKINGS winning nine of the past 12 Big Ten 2016 BIG TEN INDOOR The Badgers are ranked No. 22 accord- pentathlon and heptathlon titles. CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE ing to the USTFCCCA computer rank- Junior Georgia Ellenwood enters with ings. the conference’s best score in the pen- (ALL TIMES ET) Wisconsin is one of three schools from tathlon of 4,295 points, which is four the Conference ranked in the top-25, points off of the Badgers’ school record. FRIDAY SCHEDULE including No. 6 Michigan and No. 25 Ellenwood, last year’s runner-up in the 10:00 am Heptathlon 60m (men) Purdue. pentathlon, has set personal bests in all @10:45 Heptathlon Long Jump (men) @10:50 Pentathlon 60m Hurdles (women) five of the events this season, including 11:30 Men’s Pole Vault (trials & finals) LAST TIME OUT - a personal-best 8.67 seconds in the 60 @11:40 Pentathlon High Jump (women) RED AND WHITE OPEN (FEB. 19, 2016) hurdles last weekend. 12:00 pm Men’s 3,000m (unseeded section) (finals) The No. 24 Wisconsin women’s track The Langley, British Columbia, native 12:20 Women’s 3,000m (unseeded section) (finals) and field team rounded out the indoor earned first-team All-America honors @12:30 Heptathlon Shot Put (men) regular season at home as it hosted the at last year’s NCAA indoor champion- 12:40 Men’s Mile Run (trials) Red and White Open at the Shell on ships and second-team All-America 1:00 Women’s Mile Run (trials) Friday evening. accolades at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor 1:20 Men’s 400m (trials) Championships. 1:45 Women’s 400m (trials) Despite several of UW’s top athletes not @1:45 Heptathlon High Jump (men) participating in the meet, the Cardinal In addition, sophomore Casie Pawlik @2:00 Pentathlon Shot Put (women) and White were still able to win six enters the weekend ranked 10th in the 2:10 Men’s 60m (trials) events and record 10 personal best event with a mark of 3457 points. 2:30 Women’s 60m (trials) marks. 2:50 Men’s 800m (trials) 3:10 Women’s 800m (trials) Kelsey Card continued her season RETURNING SCORERS @3:15 Pentathlon Long Jump (women) dominance in the shot put as she took Wisconsin returns six athletes that 3:30 Women’s Pole Vault (trials & finals) first place with a mark of 58 feet, 1 1/4 scored at last year’s Big Ten indoor 3:30 Men’s Shot Put (trials & finals) championships. 3:30 Men’s 60m Hurdles (trials) inches. 3:50 Women’s 60m Hurdles (trials) Card also took second in the in the 5000 Meters 4:10 Men’s 600m (trials) weight throw with a toss of 68-8. Ebony McClendon 8th 7.48 4:35 Women’s 600m (trials) Distance Medley Relay Redshirt freshman Banke Oginni 4:45 Men’s Long Jump (trials & finals) Reifel, Anzalone 4th 11:16.21 4:45 Women’s Long Jump (trials & finals) earned new personal records in both @4:55 Pentathlon 800 meters (women) the shot put and the weight throw. In Shot Put Kelsey Card 1st 56-7 1/4 () 5:00 Men’s 200m (trials) the shot put, Oginni took third with 5:25 Women’s 200m (trials) a personal best of 49-10 and in the Weight Throw 5:30 Women’s Shot Put (trials & finals) Kelsey Card 1st 69-6 () 5:50 Men’s 3,000m (seeded section) (finals) weight throw, she placed third with a 6:10 Women’s 3,000m (seeded section) (finals) mark of 61-7 . Pentathlon 6:30 Men’s Distance Medley Relay (finals) Georgia Ellenwood 2nd 4223 Points Fellow thrower Kennedy Blahnik also 6:50 Women’s Distance Medley Relay (finals) earned a new personal record in the SCORING POSITION weight throw with a toss of 60-4 that @ - approximate time Wisconsin enters the Big Ten champi- put her in fifth place. Blahnik also took onships with a total of 11 marks that fourth in the shot put with a heave of SATURDAY SCHEDULE rank in the conference’s top 10: 49-1 .