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B1G Championships Up Next
5/12/2021 5:02:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Men's Track & Field, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track & Field
Minnesota travels to Champaign, Ill., for the 2021 Big Ten Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Golden Gopher track & field program travels to Champaign, Ill., for the 2021 Big Ten Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
About the B1G Outdoor Championships
Three full days of competition begin Friday at the Fighting Illini's Demirjian Park/Gary R. Wieneke Track. Action begins at 11:30 a.m. CT Friday, 10:30 a.m. CT Saturday, and 11 a.m. CT Sunday. Fans can follow the B1G competition through live results via PT Timing or watch live via BTN+.
CDC and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) guidelines limit seating availability at the meet. In order to comply with these guidelines, venue seating will be limited to team pass lists that provide reserved ticketed seating for spectators. There will be no public ticket sales for this event. Teams will have limited seating around the corners of the track and will not have access to the bleacher area to meet the IDPH guidelines.
Last Time Out
The Gophers won seven events at the Wisconsin B1G Invitational last weekend. Tess Keyzers and Kostas Zaltos swept the hammer throw titles, and they both moved into second in Minnesota history with career-best throw. Devia Brown and Kyle Atkinson swept the shot put titles as well. Phillipe Barnett won men's discus, Ekhardt Van der Watt won men's pole vault, and Hailey Poole won women's javelin to round out the Gophers' event wins.
Gophers at the B1G Outdoor Championships
The Gopher women have won three B1G outdoor titles (2006, 2016, and 2018) while the men have won seven outdoor team titles (1949, 1968, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2009, and 2010). The 2020 Big Ten Outdoor Championships were canceled; most recently, the women finished fifth and the men finished eighth at the 2019 B1G Outdoor Championships.
Outdoor Records Falls
Allison Gerads set a new Minnesota program record in women's long jump at the Big Ten Florida Invitational with a career-best mark of 6.45m (21-02.00). Gerads improved on the previous Minnesota program record of 6.44m (21-01.50) set by Todea-Kay Willis in 2011; she also improved on her own previous outdoor long jump PR of 5.55m (18-02.50) by nearly an entire meter.
Abby Kohut-Jackson, Sophie Schmitz, Anastasia Korzenowski and Bethany Hasz ran on Minnesota's record-breaking women's distance medley relay team at the Fighting Illini B1G Relays. The Gophers ran a winning time of 11:03.01 to set a new Minnesota record and improve on the previous record of 11:06.47 set by Katie Hill, Alena Brooks, Te'Shon Adderley, and Laura Docherty in 2013.
Three program records fell at the M City Classic. Kion Benjamin clocked a wind-legal career-best time of 10.25 seconds to win the men's 100m and improve on the previous Minnesota program record of 10.29 seconds set by his coach Ibrahim Kabia in 2008. Amira Young won the women's 200 meters in a wind-legal program-record 23.21 seconds, improving on the Minnesota women's oldest program record of 23.44 seconds set by Jane Oas in 1976. Bethany Hasz improved on her own Minnesota program record in the women's 5,000 meters by running an outdoor career-best time of 15:41.98 at the M City Classic as well.
Indoor Records Fall
The Gopher men recorded all-time top-10 marks in six different events during the indoor season, including two program record performances from Alec Basten, who set new Minnesota records in the 3,000 meters (7:52.05) and 5,000 meters (13:32.98). On the women's side, the Gophers recorded all-time top-10 marks in 14 events and broke two program records as Amira Young bested her own Minnesota record in the 200 meters (23.16) and Bethany Hasz improved on her own Minnesota record in the 3,000 meters (8:59.37).
2021 NCAA Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships Rewind
Led by eight points from NCAA runner-up and First Team All-American Bethany Hasz in the 5,000 meters, the Gopher women scored nine points to tie for 24th in the nation at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Amira Young earned two All-America accolades at the national meet, finishing eighth for a First Team All-America nod in the 200 meters and placing 13th for Second Team All-America honors in the 60 meters. Allison Gerads made a statement in her NCAA debut, scoring 4,063 points for a 10th-place finish in the pentathlon -- just 25 points shy of her PR of 4,088 points set at the Big Ten Indoor Championships when she won the B1G title. Jayla Campbell, Abigail Schaaffe, Val Larson, and Janielle Josephs finished 11th in the 4x400-meter relay, clocking a time of 3:35.70, just shy of their season-best 3:35.51 used to win the Big Ten title. Making her first appearance at the national indoor meet and second NCAA appearance overall, Big Ten champion Tess Keyzers finished 13th in weight throw with a mark of 20.36m (66-09.75 ft.) and collected her second NCAA All-America award of her career as well.
2021 NCAA Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships Rewind
First Team All-Americans Alec Basten and Kaleb Siekmeier represented the Gopher men at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Basten ran a four-second PR and program record time of 7:52.05 to place fifth in the 3,000 meters just 24 hours after breaking the Minnesota program record in the 5,000 meters (13:32.98) to finish seventh in the event. Siekmeier recorded a career-best throw of 22.10m (72-06.25 ft.) on his sixth and final attempt in weight throw to improve his mark at third on Minnesota's all-time list and secure a seventh-place finish at the national meet. The duo combined to score eight points for the Maroon & Gold, landing Minnesota in a tie for 25th in the team standings.
2021 B1G Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships Rewind
B1G Women's Indoor Coach of the Year Matt Bingle's Gophers won the women's program's fifth indoor and eighth overall B1G team title behind eight event crowns. The Minnesota women scored 138 points to cruise to the team title and defeat runner-up Michigan by 58 points. Amira Young won both the 60 meters and 200 meters while Abigail Schaaffe won the 600 meters and joined Jayla Campbell, Janielle Josephs, and Val Larson to win the 4x400-meter relay. Allison Gerads (pentathlon), Bethany Hasz (3,000 meters), and Tess Keyzers (weight throw), and the distance medley relay team of Anastasia Korzenowski, Larson, Libby Halbmaier, and Abby Kohut-Jackson all finished as event champions as well.
2021 B1G Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships Rewind
On the men's side, the Gophers finished fifth in the team standings with 70 points led by Owen Hoeft's Big Ten title in the mile and runner-up finishes from Ben Psicihulis (600 meters), Kaleb Siekmeier (weight throw), and the 4x400-meter relay team of Jade Reicks, Collin Sieffert, Grant Fuller, and Psicihulis.
Track & Field Captains
On the women's side, Erin Dunning, Abby Kohut-Jackson, Val Larson, Sophie Schmitz, and Amira Young are serving as captains while Alec Basten, Elliott Davis, Teddy Frid, Mike Herauf, Owen Hoeft, and Eric Rousemiller lead the men's squad this season.
Up Next
The NCAA West Prelim will take place in College Station, Texas, on Wednesday, May 26 through Saturday, May 29.
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About the B1G Outdoor Championships
Three full days of competition begin Friday at the Fighting Illini's Demirjian Park/Gary R. Wieneke Track. Action begins at 11:30 a.m. CT Friday, 10:30 a.m. CT Saturday, and 11 a.m. CT Sunday. Fans can follow the B1G competition through live results via PT Timing or watch live via BTN+.
CDC and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) guidelines limit seating availability at the meet. In order to comply with these guidelines, venue seating will be limited to team pass lists that provide reserved ticketed seating for spectators. There will be no public ticket sales for this event. Teams will have limited seating around the corners of the track and will not have access to the bleacher area to meet the IDPH guidelines.
Last Time Out
The Gophers won seven events at the Wisconsin B1G Invitational last weekend. Tess Keyzers and Kostas Zaltos swept the hammer throw titles, and they both moved into second in Minnesota history with career-best throw. Devia Brown and Kyle Atkinson swept the shot put titles as well. Phillipe Barnett won men's discus, Ekhardt Van der Watt won men's pole vault, and Hailey Poole won women's javelin to round out the Gophers' event wins.
Gophers at the B1G Outdoor Championships
The Gopher women have won three B1G outdoor titles (2006, 2016, and 2018) while the men have won seven outdoor team titles (1949, 1968, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2009, and 2010). The 2020 Big Ten Outdoor Championships were canceled; most recently, the women finished fifth and the men finished eighth at the 2019 B1G Outdoor Championships.
Outdoor Records Falls
Allison Gerads set a new Minnesota program record in women's long jump at the Big Ten Florida Invitational with a career-best mark of 6.45m (21-02.00). Gerads improved on the previous Minnesota program record of 6.44m (21-01.50) set by Todea-Kay Willis in 2011; she also improved on her own previous outdoor long jump PR of 5.55m (18-02.50) by nearly an entire meter.
Abby Kohut-Jackson, Sophie Schmitz, Anastasia Korzenowski and Bethany Hasz ran on Minnesota's record-breaking women's distance medley relay team at the Fighting Illini B1G Relays. The Gophers ran a winning time of 11:03.01 to set a new Minnesota record and improve on the previous record of 11:06.47 set by Katie Hill, Alena Brooks, Te'Shon Adderley, and Laura Docherty in 2013.
Three program records fell at the M City Classic. Kion Benjamin clocked a wind-legal career-best time of 10.25 seconds to win the men's 100m and improve on the previous Minnesota program record of 10.29 seconds set by his coach Ibrahim Kabia in 2008. Amira Young won the women's 200 meters in a wind-legal program-record 23.21 seconds, improving on the Minnesota women's oldest program record of 23.44 seconds set by Jane Oas in 1976. Bethany Hasz improved on her own Minnesota program record in the women's 5,000 meters by running an outdoor career-best time of 15:41.98 at the M City Classic as well.
Indoor Records Fall
The Gopher men recorded all-time top-10 marks in six different events during the indoor season, including two program record performances from Alec Basten, who set new Minnesota records in the 3,000 meters (7:52.05) and 5,000 meters (13:32.98). On the women's side, the Gophers recorded all-time top-10 marks in 14 events and broke two program records as Amira Young bested her own Minnesota record in the 200 meters (23.16) and Bethany Hasz improved on her own Minnesota record in the 3,000 meters (8:59.37).
2021 NCAA Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships Rewind
Led by eight points from NCAA runner-up and First Team All-American Bethany Hasz in the 5,000 meters, the Gopher women scored nine points to tie for 24th in the nation at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Amira Young earned two All-America accolades at the national meet, finishing eighth for a First Team All-America nod in the 200 meters and placing 13th for Second Team All-America honors in the 60 meters. Allison Gerads made a statement in her NCAA debut, scoring 4,063 points for a 10th-place finish in the pentathlon -- just 25 points shy of her PR of 4,088 points set at the Big Ten Indoor Championships when she won the B1G title. Jayla Campbell, Abigail Schaaffe, Val Larson, and Janielle Josephs finished 11th in the 4x400-meter relay, clocking a time of 3:35.70, just shy of their season-best 3:35.51 used to win the Big Ten title. Making her first appearance at the national indoor meet and second NCAA appearance overall, Big Ten champion Tess Keyzers finished 13th in weight throw with a mark of 20.36m (66-09.75 ft.) and collected her second NCAA All-America award of her career as well.
2021 NCAA Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships Rewind
First Team All-Americans Alec Basten and Kaleb Siekmeier represented the Gopher men at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Basten ran a four-second PR and program record time of 7:52.05 to place fifth in the 3,000 meters just 24 hours after breaking the Minnesota program record in the 5,000 meters (13:32.98) to finish seventh in the event. Siekmeier recorded a career-best throw of 22.10m (72-06.25 ft.) on his sixth and final attempt in weight throw to improve his mark at third on Minnesota's all-time list and secure a seventh-place finish at the national meet. The duo combined to score eight points for the Maroon & Gold, landing Minnesota in a tie for 25th in the team standings.
2021 B1G Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships Rewind
B1G Women's Indoor Coach of the Year Matt Bingle's Gophers won the women's program's fifth indoor and eighth overall B1G team title behind eight event crowns. The Minnesota women scored 138 points to cruise to the team title and defeat runner-up Michigan by 58 points. Amira Young won both the 60 meters and 200 meters while Abigail Schaaffe won the 600 meters and joined Jayla Campbell, Janielle Josephs, and Val Larson to win the 4x400-meter relay. Allison Gerads (pentathlon), Bethany Hasz (3,000 meters), and Tess Keyzers (weight throw), and the distance medley relay team of Anastasia Korzenowski, Larson, Libby Halbmaier, and Abby Kohut-Jackson all finished as event champions as well.
2021 B1G Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships Rewind
On the men's side, the Gophers finished fifth in the team standings with 70 points led by Owen Hoeft's Big Ten title in the mile and runner-up finishes from Ben Psicihulis (600 meters), Kaleb Siekmeier (weight throw), and the 4x400-meter relay team of Jade Reicks, Collin Sieffert, Grant Fuller, and Psicihulis.
Track & Field Captains
On the women's side, Erin Dunning, Abby Kohut-Jackson, Val Larson, Sophie Schmitz, and Amira Young are serving as captains while Alec Basten, Elliott Davis, Teddy Frid, Mike Herauf, Owen Hoeft, and Eric Rousemiller lead the men's squad this season.
Up Next
The NCAA West Prelim will take place in College Station, Texas, on Wednesday, May 26 through Saturday, May 29.
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