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Saturday, April 18
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Hargrave Breaks 800m Record to Close Weekend
4/18/2026 6:46:00 PM | Track and Field
GAINESVILLE, Fla., TERRA HAUTE, Ind. – The Indiana track and field team wrapped the final day of the weekend on Saturday, April 18th, seeing action from the Gibson Invitational and Tom Jones Memorial. The Weekend closed with several personal bests and event winners, including a new school record holder.
The Hoosiers started the day in Terra Haute, Ind., closing the Gibson Invitational with three top five finishes and an event winner.
Makayla Hunter saw her second event win of the weekend, taking first place in the women's shot put invite with her throw of 16.71m/54-10.25.
In the women's discus, Emma Gardner set a new personal best with her throw of 43.73m/143-5 to place third overall.
Caleb Smith also finished in the top-10 in the men's discus invite, throwing for 51.34m to place fourth overall.
On the track, Kylee Poulton ran a season best time in the women's 4oo-meter to finish inside the top-10, closing the Gibson Invitational.
In Gainesville, Fla., Indiana saw more personal best performances across the sprint group and a record braking performance in the mid-distance.
Marcus Townsend started the day with a personal best time of 10.77 in the men's 100-meter.
The 400-meter group set three personal bests including Kiera Davis (53.38; 8th-place) and Ava Olomajeye (54.16) in the women's race, and Kalen Sargent (46.66) in the men's race. Davis's time now ranks sixth on the all-time record list in school history.
In the women's 800-meter invite, Veronica Hargrave (1:59.79) passed Molly Beckwith to become the school record in the women's 800 and second Hoosier to run the event in under two minutes.
Hargrave now becomes the seventh Hoosier to hold the indoor and outdoor records in the same event (Rachelle Boone 200m; Derek Drouin High jump; Camden Marshall 800m; Leah Moran Triple jump; Willie Morrison Shot put; Aarik Wilson triple jump)
"Veronica had one goal for this weekend," said assistant coach Andrew Poore, "which was to break two minutes, and she took every advantage of the opportunity and left no doubt. Molly Ludlow [Beckwith] had the school record at 1:59.9, and I thought that was one of our strongest records in our history book, especially considering she did it 16 years ago. Breaking that record felt like a really big deal, and I think it was a nice way to cap off a weekend where the team as a whole seemed much more comfortable in some high level environments."
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The Hoosiers started the day in Terra Haute, Ind., closing the Gibson Invitational with three top five finishes and an event winner.
Makayla Hunter saw her second event win of the weekend, taking first place in the women's shot put invite with her throw of 16.71m/54-10.25.
In the women's discus, Emma Gardner set a new personal best with her throw of 43.73m/143-5 to place third overall.
Caleb Smith also finished in the top-10 in the men's discus invite, throwing for 51.34m to place fourth overall.
On the track, Kylee Poulton ran a season best time in the women's 4oo-meter to finish inside the top-10, closing the Gibson Invitational.
In Gainesville, Fla., Indiana saw more personal best performances across the sprint group and a record braking performance in the mid-distance.
Marcus Townsend started the day with a personal best time of 10.77 in the men's 100-meter.
The 400-meter group set three personal bests including Kiera Davis (53.38; 8th-place) and Ava Olomajeye (54.16) in the women's race, and Kalen Sargent (46.66) in the men's race. Davis's time now ranks sixth on the all-time record list in school history.
In the women's 800-meter invite, Veronica Hargrave (1:59.79) passed Molly Beckwith to become the school record in the women's 800 and second Hoosier to run the event in under two minutes.
Hargrave now becomes the seventh Hoosier to hold the indoor and outdoor records in the same event (Rachelle Boone 200m; Derek Drouin High jump; Camden Marshall 800m; Leah Moran Triple jump; Willie Morrison Shot put; Aarik Wilson triple jump)
"Veronica had one goal for this weekend," said assistant coach Andrew Poore, "which was to break two minutes, and she took every advantage of the opportunity and left no doubt. Molly Ludlow [Beckwith] had the school record at 1:59.9, and I thought that was one of our strongest records in our history book, especially considering she did it 16 years ago. Breaking that record felt like a really big deal, and I think it was a nice way to cap off a weekend where the team as a whole seemed much more comfortable in some high level environments."
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