WISCONSIN TRACK & FIELD 2014 Big Ten Men’s Indoor and Outdoor Champions . 2007 Men’s NCAA Indoor Champions . 74 NCAA Individual Champions 2015 NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 INDOOR SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY JUNE 10-13 . EUGENE, OREGON . HAYWARD FIELD DATE EVENT Jan. 17 WISCONSIN OPEN Facility: ............................8-lane, 400-meter Beynon track Wednesday TV: ........................ESPNU (4-7:30 pm (PT)) Twitter: ..................................... @Badger_Track / #Badgers Thursday TV:...ESPNU (4-5:30pm)/ESPN (5:30-7:30 pm) Jan. 24 MINNESOTA Live Stream: ...................................ESPN3 (Field Events) Friday TV: ............................................ ESPN (4:30-7 pm) Jan. 30-31 Armory Collegiate Invitational Talent: ..... Dwight Stones, Larry Rawson, Jill Montgomery Saturday TV: ..................................... ESPN2 (2-4:30 pm) Feb. 13-14 Iowa State Classic Feb. 20 RED & WHITE OPEN KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER Wisconsin will send nine athletes to the 2015 NCAA Feb. 27-28 Big Ten Championships Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, to com- March 13-14 NCAA Indoor Championships pete in 10 events, June 10-13. Home events in BOLD CAPS held at Camp Randall Memorial Sports On the men’s side, Joe Hardy will race in the 1500 Center (The Shell). meters, Malachy Schrobilgen will run the 10,000 meters, Alex Thompson will throw the discus while Michael Lihrman and Scott Erickson will compete in 2015 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE the hammer throw. DATE EVENT Molly Hanson will make her second NCAA appear- ance in the 1500 meters and Kelsey Card will throw April 3-4 Sam Adams Combined Events both the shot put and discus. Georgia Ellenwood and April 3-4 Stanford Invitational Deanna Latham will compete in the heptathlon. April 18 LSU Alumni Gold The 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships features a April 22-25 Drake Relays revamped schedule. The meet begins on Wednesday with the first day of men’s competition, while April 23-25 Penn Relays Thursday features the semifinals of the women’s April 24-25 Triton Invitational events. The finals of the men’s events take place May 2 Musco Twilight Friday with the women’s finals following on Saturday. Deanna Latham is ranked ninth May 8 WISCONSIN TWILIGHT Field events for the entire meet can be seen live on in the heptathlon with a school- record score of 5,914 points May 15-17 Big Ten Outdoor Championships ESPN3, while running events on Wednesday can be seen on ESPNU. Running events on Thursday start May 28-30 NCAA West Preliminary Round at 6 p.m. (CT) on ESPNU, with coverage moving to ESPN at 7:30 p.m. Friday’s men’s June 10-13 NCAA Outdoor Championships championship airs on ESPN, while Saturday’s women’s championships airs on ESPN2. June 25-28 USA Outdoor Championships NAMES TO KNOW Home events in BOLD CAPS held at the Dan McClimon Memorial Kelsey Card: The Big Ten record holder in both the shot put and discus, Card will Track and Soccer Complex. compete in both events this weekend in Eugene. Card set the record in the discus at the 2015 NCAA West Preliminary Round with a heave of 196 feet, 7 inches, while her record shot put mark of 58-3 3/4 came at last year’s USA Outdoor Championships. Georgia Ellenwood: A second-team All-American in the heptathlon a year ago, Ellenwood set a personal-best score of 5,714 last month at the Big Ten championships. Ellenwood finished eighth in the pentathlon with a score of 4,184 points at this sea- son’s NCAA indoor meet to earn first-team All-America accolades. Molly Hanson: The Dodgeville, Wisconsin, native earned second-team All-America hon- ors at last year’s NCAA outdoor championships with an 11th-place showing in the 1500 meters. Hanson ran a season-best time of 4 minutes, 18.63 seconds at the NCAA West Preliminary Round to qualify for this year’s NCAA championships. Deanna Latham: In her first heptathlon of the season at the 2015 Big Ten Outdoor Championships, Latham broke the school record with a score of 5,914 points to finish runner-up. Latham looks to become the first Badger to break 6,000 points in her final collegiate competition for Wisconsin. Michael Lihrman: The Big Ten record holder, Lihrman ranks second in the country in the hammer throw with a mark of 247-0, which ranks 11th in NCAA history. Lihrman was third at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer and looks to end his UW areer with a third national championship. Malachy Schrobilgen: The two-time cross country All-American will make his national championship track debut in the 10,000 meters. Wednesday’s final marks his third- ever 10,000 meters race, as he won his debut race in 29:19.55 at the 2015 Big Ten Outdoor Championships and finished 12th in 30:13.27 at the 2015 NCAA West Preliminary Round. 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 2015 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS GENERAL NOTES LAST TIME OUT - NCAA WEST 1930 3rd Arthur Frisch PRELIMINARY ROUND 1930 6th Otto Sell BADGERS BY DAY Seven Badgers athletes advanced from 1931 4th Arthur Frisch the NCAA West Preliminary Round in 2014 3rd Michael Lihrman Wednesday Austin, Texas, on May 28-30. 11 a.m. - Georgia Ellenwood, Deanna Latham 17 Badgers have combined for 23 first- Senior Alex Thompson was the first to (Heptathlon 100H) team All-America honors in the 10,000 punch his ticket to the NCAA meet, as 12 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood, Deanna Latham meters including Mohammed Ahmed he finished fourth in the men’s discus (Heptathlon High Jump) last year. with a season-best throw of 188-4 on 1:30 p.m. - Scott Erickson, Michael Lihrman May 28. On the women’s side, the Badgers have (Hammer Throw) picked up 23 first-team All-America Later that evening, Malachy 2:45 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood, Deanna Latham honors in the 1500 meters, including Schrobilgen grabbed the final qualify- (Heptathlon Shot Put) four by to Suzy Favor. ing spot in the men’s 10,000 meters, 4:14 p.m. - Joe Hardy (1500m Semifinal) finishing 12th in 30:13.27. Georgia Ellenwood and Deanna 4:28 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood, Deanna Latham Latham look to become the fifth and Three Badgers earned spots in the (Heptathlon 200m) sixth Badgers to earn first-team All- NCAA Outdoor Championships on May 6:43 p.m. - Malachy Schrobilgen America honors in the heptathlon, join- 29. Kelsey Card claimed second in the (10,000m Final) ing the likes of Dorcas Akinniyi, Kathy women’s discus with a Big Ten record- Borgwarth, Jessica Flax and Andrea throw of 196-7. Thursday Geurtsen. In the men’s hammer throw, a pair of 12 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood, Deanna Latham Kelsey Card strives to become the first Badgers advanced to Eugene. Michael (Heptathlon Long Jump) thrower in program history to earn Lihrman was the event’s runner-up 1:15 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood, Deanna Latham first-team All-America accolades in the with a throw of 235-7, while Scott (Heptathlon Javelin) discus. Erickson was 10th with a toss of 210-0. 4:14 p.m. - Molly Hanson (1500m Semifinal) In addition, only Karen Nitsch has On May 30, Card advanced in the shot 4:28 p.m. - Georgia Ellenwood, Deanna Latham collected first-team All-America hon- put with a toss of 55-6 1/2 to finish (Heptathlon 800m) ors in the shot put, as Nitsch placed runner-up in the event. It marks the 5:40 p.m. - Kelsey Card (Shot Put Final) seventh at the 1984 NCAA Outdoor first time in her career Card advanced Championships, also held in Eugene. Friday to the national championships in both the shot put and discus. 4:05 p.m. - Alex Thompson (Discus Final) MEN’S NOTES 4:45 p.m. - Joe Hardy (1500m Final) Junior Molly Hanson was third in her section of the women’s 1500 meters to GREAT START FOR HARDY Seeded 40th in the NCAA West Saturday grab an automatic qualifying spot to the NCAA meet. She ran a season-best Preliminary Round in the 1500 meters, 1:35 p.m. - Kelsey Card (Discus Final) Wisconsin true freshman Joe Hardy 2:15 p.m. - Molly Hanson (1500m Final) time of 4:18.60 to advance to the NCAA outdoor championships for a second- used a 10th-place finish to advance to straight season. Eugene. *All times Pacific Freshman Joe Hardy was fifth in the The 2015 Big Ten Outdoor Track & first heat of the men’s 1500 meters in Field Freshman of the Year ran a sea- a season-best time of 3:43.64 to qualify son-best time of 3:43.64 to move on to for his first NCAA championships. his first NCAA championships. Hardy is the only true freshman among ALL-AMERICA NUGGETS the 24 competitors in the 1500 meters. The Badgers haven’t had a first-team Hardy looks to become the first UW true All-American in the discus in 50 years freshman to earn first-team All-America and look to change that this week. accolades since Mohammed Ahmed Only three UW athletes have earned finished fourth in the 10,000 meters in first-team All-America honors in the 2010 in Eugene discus, and Alex Thompson looks to The Seattle native also looks to become become the fourth member of the elu- the fourth in program history to earn sive club. first-team All-America accolades as a Wisconsin Discus All-Americans freshman.