NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State track & field makes their farthest trip of the indoor season this weekend, when they travel to Lincoln, Nebraska for the Adidas Classic on Saturday, Feb. 1. The meet, which is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. will be held in the Bob Devaney Sports Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION
The Redbirds will compete against three teams in Lincoln, including Kansas City of the Western Athletic Conference, South Dakota of the Summit League and host Nebraska of the Big Ten Conference.
LEADING THE VALLEY
Across the men's and women's teams, nine Redbirds currently sit at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference standings in their respective events, while 22 'Birds rank in the top-three in the MVC. Tori Ortiz, Grace Beattie and Kevin Koski lead ISU, ranking in the top-three in two events each.
Women
60m – Tori Ortiz (No. 2)
400m – Tori Ortiz (No. 1)
800m – Rachel Hickey (No. 3)
Mile – Grace Beattie (No. 1)
3,000m – Grace Beattie (No. 3)
60mH – Mya Robinson (No. 2), Jordyn Bruce (No. 3)
4x400m – J. Greci, R. Hickey, A. Harrod, H. Plumb (No. 2)
High Jump – Kameesha Smith (No. 1), Kristin Higgins (No. 2)
Pole Vault – Ariana Cranston (No. 1)
Long Jump – Charde Golliday (No. 3)
Shot Put – Julia Bourke (No. 2)
Weight Throw – Sydney Laufenberg (No. 2)
Pentathlon – 3,638 points
Men
3,000m – Jack Anstey (No. 1), Kevin Koski (No. 2 ), Kimathi Johnson (No. 3)
5,000m – Kevin Koski (No. 1)
60mH – Brandon Ratliff (No. 3)
High Jump – Austin Rauch (No. 2)
Pole Vault – Eddie Winner (No. 1), Kellen Kravik (No. 2)
Heptathlon – Caleb Miedema (No. 1)
TOP-50 IN THE NATION
T-18th Kameesha Smith, high jump
20th Caleb Miedema, heptathlon
22nd Jordyn Bruce, pentathlon
33rd Kevin Koski, 5,000m
42nd Austin Rauch, high jump
T-47th Kristin Higgins, high jump
50th Sydney Laufenberg, weight throw
RAKING IN THE AWARDS
Junior Kameesha Smith (high jump) and sophomore Caleb Miedema (multis) brought the Redbird MVC Athlete of the Week total to five this season after they won Female Field Athlete of the Week and Male Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday. The duo joins junior Kristin Higgins (high jump) as the only three Redbirds to earn MVC Field Athlete of the Week honors. Senior Jack Anstey and sophomore Tori Ortiz won the MVC Track Athlete of the Week awards following the first week of the indoor season.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Fans can follow live results here or on Twitter by following @redbird_trackxc.
UP NEXT
The 'Birds will head back to South Bend, Indiana next weekend for the University of Notre Dame's Meyo Invite from Feb. 7-8. The meet will begin at 10 a.m. (ET) at the Loftus Sports Center.
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