Ulrich takes home gold, Indiana women’s track and field finishes tenth in Big Ten Championships

The Indiana ladies’s observe and discipline group competed within the Large Ten Championships over the weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Hoosiers tallied 34 factors, ending tenth out of 13 groups.

A trio of Hoosiers reached the rostrum of their respective occasions on Friday through the preliminary rounds. Senior Hannah Stoffel’s time of 4:23.13 and senior Anna Watson’s throw of 4.18 meters earned each of them fifth-place finishes within the 1500-meter race and pole vault, respectively. Stoffel secured an automated spot in Sunday’s closing 1500 meter race together with her time on Friday .

Freshman Makayla Hunter grabbed seventh place in javelin with a throw of 41.96 meters, incomes her first podium look of each the season and her profession.

In the course of the second day of preliminaries, Stoffel additionally sealed her spot within the 800-meter race finals with a time of two:09.16. Nonetheless, Indiana’s most high-scoring efficiency got here from a discipline athlete.

Freshman Jayden Ulrich took residence the Large Ten gold medal in discus. The successful throw of 59.01 meters got here on her final try of the day and is a brand new private greatest for the freshman.

Senior Paola Fernandez-Sola earned one other medal for the Hoosiers, successful bronze in lengthy soar. Fernandez-Sola’s greatest soar was 6.09 meters.

A number of Hoosiers delivered podium-worthy performances on the final day of competitors. Stoffel was the lone earlier qualifier, with Ulrich, sophomore Mahogany Jenkins and senior Maddy Pollard all taking part in discipline occasions that didn’t require preliminary rounds.

Stoffel made the rostrum in each of her working occasions. She positioned eighth within the 800-meter race with a time of two:10.07 and seventh within the 1500-meter race with a time of 4:25.64.

Jenkins leapt to an eighth-place end in triple soar. Her greatest soar on Sunday was 12.48 meters.

Ulrich and Pollard competed in shot put, with the previous ending seventh and the latter ending fourth. Pollard’s prime throw was 16.96 meters, and Ulrich’s was 16.54 meters.

Indiana’s 34 factors over the weekend edged them right into a top-10 group end, surmounting Purdue, Rutgers and Maryland. Subsequent up, Hoosier athletes will await invites to the NCAA East Preliminary Spherical. Indiana is slated to host the NCAA preliminaries in Bloomington from Might 25-28.