Big Ten Well-Represented at NCAA Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championships

Championship Central  |  Final Results  

Rosemont, ILL.  –  Three Big Ten student-athletes were crowned NCAA Championships on Saturday evening at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark. Two Big Ten teams also placed within the top ten, as Oregon finished second overall with 40 points, and Iowa finished in 10^th place with 19 points.   
 
Two NCAA records were also broken by Big Ten student-athletes. Oregon’s Peyton Bair completed a standout two-day performance and corralled 6,503 in the heptathlon. He surpassed former Duck Ashton Eaton’s record of 6,499 points.  

USC’s Garrett Kaalund shattered the NCAA 200m with a time of 19.95 seconds. It is the first ever sub-20 time run by a collegiate man indoors, breaking the record of 20.2 set by Elijah Hall-Thompson set in 2018. Kaalund’s time is also second-fastest in world history, only .03 seconds behind the world record.  
 
Iowa’s Ryan Johnson, the NCAA record holder in weight throw, dominated the event. Johnson’s winning mark of 25.64m (84-1 ½) made him the only thrower to surpass the 25-meter mark.  

 
The Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year, Field Athlete of the Year, and Freshman of the Year will be announced on Wednesday, March 18.  
 
The Big Ten earned 73 All-America certificates at the NCAAs, which will be made official this week by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. 

ALL-AMERICAN – MEN 
First Team (Places 1-8) 
Ryan Johnson, Iowa, 1^st, Weight Throw 
Peyton Bair, Oregon, 1^st, Heptathlon 
Garrett Kaalund, USC, 1^st, 200m 
Kobe Lawrence, Oregon, 2^nd, Shot Put 
Simeon Birnbaum, Oregon, 2^nd, 3,000m 
Jip DeGreef, Illinois, 3^rd, Heptathlon 
Kalen Walker, Iowa, 3^rd, 60m 
Cade Moran, Nebraska, 3^rd,  
James Rhoads, Washington, 3^rd, Pole Vault 
Trent McFarland, Michigan, 3^rd, Mile 
Allon Clay, Penn State, 3^rd, 800m 
Luuk Pelkmans, Illinois, 4^th, Heptathlon 
Trelee Banks, Indiana, 4^th, 200m 
Brendan Herger, Michigan, 4^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Camden Law, Michigan, 4^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Miles Brown, Michigan, 4^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Trent McFarland, Michigan, 4^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Dyson Wicker, Nebraska, 4^th, Pole Vault 
Ben Smith, Oregon, 4^th, Shot Put 
James Harding, Oregon, 5^th, 800m 
Thomas Diamond, Washington, 5^th, Mile 
Alex Rhodes, Washington, 5^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Jamar Distel, Washington, 5^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Josiah Tostenson, Washington, 5^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Tyler Bilyard, Washington, 5^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Darwin Jiminez, Iowa, 6^th, 60m 
Benjamin Balazs, Oregon, 6^th, 3,000m 
Samuel Vessat, Purdue, 6^th, 400m 
Elliott Cook, Oregon, 7^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Fuad Omer, Oregon, 7^th, Distance Medley Relay 
James Harding, Oregon, 7^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Simeon Birnbaum, Oregon, 7^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Ajani Dwyer, Penn State, 7^th, 60m 
Jake Palermo, Penn State, 7^th, 400m 
Handal Roban, Penn State, 7^th, 800m  
Braxton Brann, Ohio State, 8^th, 4x400m 
Damon Frabotta, Ohio State, 8^th, 4x400m 
Mason Louis, Ohio State, 8^th, 4x400m 
Noah Carmichael, Ohio State, 8^th, 4x400m 
Yukichi Ishii, Penn State, 8^th, 800m  
Ruben Reina, Washington, 8^th, Mile 
Ruben Reina, Washington, 8^th, 3,000m 
 
Second Team (Places 9-16) 
Cody Johnston, Illinois, 9^th, Pole Vault 
Viktor Morozov, Illinois, 9^th, Triple Jump 
Aiden Carter, Oregon, 9^th, Heptathlon 
Thomas Palfrey, Oregon, 9^th, Mile 
Ryan Henry, Penn State, 9^th, Shot Put 
Zavien Wolfe, Illinois, 10^th, Triple Jump 
Kaleb Nastari, Penn State, 10^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Matt DeMatteo, Penn State, 10^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Nick Sloff, Penn State, 10^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Niko Schultz, Penn State, 10^th, Distance Medley Relay 
Dillon Morlock, Michigan State, 10^th, Shot Put 
DJ Fillmore, Ohio State, 10^th, Long Jump 
Brian O’Sullivan, Rutgers, 10^th, Pole Vault 
Eddie Nkieta, USC, 10^th, 60m 
Ajani Dwyer, Penn State, 11^th, 200m 
Kevin O’Sullivan, Rutgers, 12^th, Pole Vault 
Niko Schultz, Penn State, 12^th, 800m 
Seamus Malaski, Purdue, 12^th, Weight Throw 
Tomas Palfrey, Oregon, 12^th, 3,000m 
Elliott Cook, Oregon, 13^th, 3,000m 
Jack Stadlman, USC, 13^th, 400m 
Evan Jenkins, Washington, 13^th, 5,000m 
Emmanuel Njoku, Iowa, 14^th, Long Jump 
Abdel Laadjel, Oregon, 14^th, 5,000m 
Connor Burns, Oregon, 14^th, 3,000m 
Elliot Cook, Oregon, 14^th, Mile 
Matthew Erickson, Oregon, 14^th, 800m 
Dylan Lambrecht, Penn State, 15^th,  
Christopher Serrao, Rutgers, 15^th, 60m Hurdles 
Michael Pickney, UCLA, 15^th, Weight Throw 
Edidong Udo, Ohio State, 16^th, 400m