Women place 1st at home

The Hoosiers’ performance was as gorgeous as the weather on Friday and Saturday.

Competing in the Indiana Invitational at Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex, the IU women’s track and field team got its first team victory of the season.

Their male counterparts fared slightly worse, placing second to Big Ten foe Michigan State.

IU coach Ron Helmer said the results were as good as he could have expected.

“I looked at the entries and challenged the team a little bit,” Helmer said. “The entries held fairly true to form, and our women won and the guys competed really well.”

The Hoosiers won nine overall events and posted nine regional qualification times to go with them.

Junior Laura Williams, who qualified for regionals with a third-place finish in pole vault, said she knew getting to Louisville was an ascertainable goal for her.