Indiana University Women's Track

Helmer guided the team to its first Big Ten Championship since 1980. The men went on to finish eighth at the NCAA Championships, their third top-10 finish in the last four season. The women also qualified for the NCAA Championships and had their best finish since 2002. The 2013-14 season was successful for the Hoosiers with four Big Ten Championshions and nine All-America honors. The IU men's distance medley relay team earned All-America honors for the sixth straight year, with a third-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Senior Kyla Buckley won Big Ten Championship titles in the shot put in the indoor and outdoor season. Fellow senior Kelsie Ahbe won the Big Ten Indoor Championship in the pole vault and went on to earn All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a school record jump of 4.40m to finish in second-place. The 2011-12 season was the fifth under Helmer's guidance, and it proved to be one of the greatest ever for the men's program. After a cross country campaign that ended with a runner-up finish at Big Tens and a seventh-place finish at NCAAs, the team won the Big Ten Indoor title behind 26 points from Andy Bayer and 22 from Kind Butler, taking the first conference title in 20 years. Bayer won the Big Ten mile and 3,000m crowns, while Butler won the 200 and Darius King won the high jump. The Hoosiers went on to send 11 to the NCAA Indoor meet, with all 11 coming back All-Americans. The team finished sixth at the national meet, scoring 25 points, including second place finishes in the distance medley relay and from King in the high jump. The 2012 outdoor season saw the Hoosiers take third in the Big Ten, getting individual titles from Bayer int eh 1,500m, Zach Mayhew in the 10,000m and Derek Drouin in the high jump. Bayer would go on to lead 14 NCAA qualifiers by winning the 1,500m NCAA title en route to 11 Hoosiers earning All-America honors. Bayer's title is the eighth by a Helmer pupil, and the fourth since Helmer arrived at IU. Bayer and Chelsea Blanchard earned Academic All-America honors for the second consecutive season. Drouin was the NCAA runner-up in a season that was just getting started for him. Drouin went on to qualify for the London Olympics, where he tied for third place to win a bronze medal for Canada. Drouin was awarded for Athletics Canada's performance of the year and as the field athlete of the year. The fourth year of the Helmer era, the 2010-11 season was a historic one for the Hoosiers program. The season included two top-10 NCAA finishes, two Big Ten runner-up finishes, 26 All-Americans, one NCAA Individual Championship and four Big Ten records. Helmer was awarded USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year honors for the Indoor season. At the season's conclusion, five Hoosiers were honored with the distinquished Academic All-America award. Bayer became the first male track athlete in school history to be honored and was joined by Blanchard, Vera Neuenswander, Sarah Pease and Faith Sherrill. The men's cross country team got things started, taking seventh at NCAAs and second at Big Tens, with Andrew Poore finishing as an All-American and Bayer placing second at the Big Ten meet. Indoors, the IU men were again runners-up behind Big Ten Champions Butler (60m), Drouin (High Jump) and Poore (5,000m). Faith Sherrill won the Big Ten shot put crown for the women. At NCAAs, the Hoosiers finished sixth with Drouin winning his third NCAA high jump crown with a Big Ten and Canadian national record clearance of 2.33m (7-7.75) en route to USTFCCCA Field Athlete of the Year honors and Bayer highlighting nine other All-Americans for IU at the meet. Bayer took third in the 3,000m and led the Hoosiers to second in the DMR, clocking the fastest anchor leg ever recorded, splitting 3:53. Sherrill broke the all-time Big Ten record by 2 feet and 6.5 inches in the shot put with her first throw of the season. Travelling 18.00m (59-0.75), Sherrill has the 10th-best collegiate throw all-time and the eighth-best collegiate throw ever by an American. Bayer, Drouin and Sherrill each garnered Big Ten Athlete of the Year honors and Great Lakes Region Athlete of the year honors for the indoor season. Outdoors, the women took third at Big Tens and 23rd at NCAAs and the men took fourth at Big Tens and 20th at NCAAs. Ben Hubers (1,500m), Neuenswander (pole vault), Pease (steeplechase), Sherrill (shot put) and De'Sean Turner (steeplechase) claimed Big Ten titles and 12 Hoosiers earned All-America honors. Neuenswander tied the Big Ten record in the pole vault to win at Big Tens, clearing 4.36m (14-3.5) to put the exclamation point on a 1-2 finish with teammate Kelsie Ahbe. Neuenswander and Ahbe went on to All-American finishes at NCAAs. Sherrill broke the Big Ten outdoor record in the shot put, launching a 17.64m (57-10.5) bomb to win at Penn Relays. Pease won her first Big Ten crown in the steeple, joining Turner in leading what was dubbed the "sweeplechase", as IU had three of the top four finishers in both the men's and women's races at Big Tens. At NCAAs, Poore led the way, taking third in the steeplechase. It was a historic season in the 4x100m relay for the Hoosiers, as Tyler Sult, Butler, Chris Vaughn and Devin Pipkin became the first All-American relay for IU in 30 years. At Penn Relays, IU was the only school from the North to qualify for the 4x100 and 4x200 Championship of America finals. Helmer's third year at Indiana proved to be record-setting. The Indiana women advanced to the NCAA Championships in cross country for the first time since 2004. With 13 indoor All-Americans, Helmer's squads produced more All-America certificates than any other indoor season in IU history. The IU men finished sixth overall at NCAA Indoors, marking the best performance by an IU team since the 2005 meet. Not to be outdone, the Hoosier women posted a 16th-place finish at the NCAA outdoor meet, while the men took 20th. Indiana finished the year with 18 All-Americans, nine Big Ten champions and three Big Ten Athlete of the Year Awards. The biggest highlight of the year for Indiana in 2010 was Drouin. The sophomore won NCAA titles during the indoor and outdoor seasons in the high jump. He was named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year for both seasons as well. Drouin also added the Canadian National Championship to his credit on the season. On the women's side, Molly Beckwith highlighted the season with a second-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800m. Beckwith followed her NCAA performance with a tour of Europe, where she finished an 800m race in 1:59.83. That performance merited a professional contract with Saucony. Bayer had a remarkable indoor campaign, breaking four minutes in the mile and eight minutes in the 3,000m, and then taking third at NCAAs in the 3,000m a day after posting an astonishing comeback for seventh place in the distance medley relay after dropping the baton. He was joined by Poore as an All-American in the 3,000m. De'Sean Turner, Butler and Stockberger were also on the DMR. Turner added All-America honors to his resume in the steeplechase outdoors. Juniors Sherrill and Pease had breakout seasons in 2010. Sherrill was the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year after smashing three IU records in the throws and earning three All-America certificates. She also took two Big Ten titles, indoors in the weight throw and outdoors in the shot put. Pease made a name for herself in the 3,000m steeplechase, taking fourth at both the NCAA Championships and the USA Championships. Ashley Rhoades earned All-America honors at the NCAA indoor meet in the high jump. Indiana track and field showed itself as a program on the rise in 2009, registering eight All-Americans across all three seasons. During the cross country season, Helmer had two of his pupils earn All- Big Ten honors, in Tim McLeod and Wendi Robinson. Robinson later qualified for the NCAA Championships, where she earned All-America honors in 28th-place. During the indoor season, Helmer saw Big Ten title wins from Tiffany Howard (shot put) and Jeff Coover (pole vault). He also saw Beckwith and Drouin earn All-Big Ten honors. Coover was named Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year and went on to earn All-America honors for a fourth-place finish in the pole vault. Drouin went on to finish as the NCAA runner-up in the high jump, and Neuenswander and the team's distance medley relay foursome each claimed All-America honors. In total, nine Hoosiers made the trip to the NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas. The outdoor slate saw the Hoosiers claim three more All-America certificates and three more Big Ten titles. Drouin (high jump), Kiwan Lawson (long jump) and Rhoades (high jump) all won Big Ten crowns, and three more IU athletes earned All-Big Ten honors. Drouin was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and went on to claim Great Lakes Region Athlete of the Year. Twenty-three Hoosiers made the trip to the Mideast Regional and seven advanced to the NCAA Championships. Neuenswander and Drouin each won the regional. At the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville Ark., Howard, Pease and Neuenswander claimed All-America honors. Neuenswander finished second in the pole vault. Neuenswander went on to garner ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America honors. In his first season at the helm of the Hoosiers, Helmer guided the men's and women's track and field teams to improvements during the indoor and outdoor seasons. The indoor portion of the year was highlighted by a Big Ten individual championship for Audrey Smoot in the 600-meter run. The indoor season culminated in a trio of Hoosiers representing the women's team at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Helmer's first outdoor season at IU also proved successful as Indiana had two Big Ten individual champions with Jenkins in the triple jump and Lawson in the long jump. The success from the Big Ten Championships led to seven student-athletes from Indiana competing in the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Hoosiers produced two All-Americans in Lawson and Coover. Helmer also helped two young cross country squads to new heights with fresh faces on the staff and on the roster. On the men's side, Helmer led Indiana to its first team appearance in the NCAA Championships since 2005 with a group that included three true freshmen. IU, led by junior McLeod, placed 28th overall as a team after a fourth place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. Prior to coming to IU, Helmer served as the director and head coach at Georgetown University for eight years. He was promoted to director in July 1999 after serving as associate head coach with the Hoyas for seven seasons and assistant coach the five years prior. During his tenure, 120 of his student-athletes earned a total of 342 All-America recognitions, including 41 student-athletes receiving 96 certificates since becoming director in 1999. In addition, 219 student-athletes captured BIG EAST individual titles, including 67 after he became director. At the NCAA Championships, he guided 27 athletes or relay teams to a top-three finish, highlighted by four national champions - Joline Staeheli (mile, 1996), Miesha Marzell (1500m, 1996) and two distance medley relay champions (1997, 1999). He also saw his teams earn 22 top-10 finishes in NCAA Championship action, including a streak of 15 straight at the cross country championships that ended in 2003. Among the top-10 finishes were seven top-four trophy finishes, including a third at the 1998 NCAA Indoor Championships and a fourth-place finish at the 2002 NCAA Cross Country Championships. Helmer led Hoya teams to the Championship of America relay titles at the Penn Relays, the latest being the 2004 men's 4x800m squad with a time of 7:13.75, the seventh-fastest time in collegiate history. He was part of 37 BIG EAST Championship teams and his student-athletes were honored 11 times as the Robert A. Duffey Scholar-Athlete award winner, given to the student-athlete who best embodies academic and athletic excellence. In January 2006, Helmer was the recipient of the Coaches Achievement Program award presented by Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. The Coaches Achievement Program honors coaches at select BIG EAST member institutions for excellence in coaching, mentoring and community service. Helmer came to Georgetown from Woodbridge High School in Virginia, where he served as head coach for four years. Prior to that, he was the head coach at Virginia High School in Bristol, Va., for eight years. He was named Virginia Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1980 and 1983, along with being selected as the Virginia Girls' Track Coach of the Year in 1981. Topping off the honors, Helmer was selected as the Boys' Cross Country Coach of the Decade in Virginia. During his career, Helmer's teams won 45 district, 35 regional and 10 state championships. Individually, he produced nine high school All-Americans and 13 Foot Locker National Cross Country qualifiers. Helmer is a graduate of Southwestern College located in Winfield, Kan., where he received a bachelor of arts degree in math. In October 2004, he was inducted into the Southwestern College Athletic Hall of Fame. He continued his education at East Tennessee State University, where he earned his master's degree in physical education, with a focus in biomechanics and human kinetics. Helmer has three children, Tori, a teacher, Justin, a teacher and basketball and track coach, and Kari, a recent graduate of IU, and a granddaughter - Rylee and a grandson - Brody. ACCOMPLISHMENTS ALL-AMERICANS - 423 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - 8  NATIONAL ATHLETES OF THE YEAR - 1  NCAA TOP-10 TEAMS - 28 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS - 40  BIG TEN ATHLETES OF THE YEAR - 7 BIG TEN FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR - 2 BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR - 2 GREAT LAKES ATHLETES OF THE YEAR - 11 GREAT LAKES COACH OF THE YEAR - 1 BIG EAST CHAMPIONS - 213 BIG EAST TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - 15 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS - 9 Ron Helmer enters his eighth season as the Indiana Director and Head Coach of Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country after being named to the position on May 25, 2007. The 2013 cross country season was a special one for the Hoosiers as Helmer guided the team to its first Big Ten Championship since 1980. The men went on to finish eighth at the NCAA Championships, their third top-10 finish in the last four season. The women also qualified for the NCAA Championships and had their best finish since 2002. The 2013-14 season was successful for the Hoosiers with four Big Ten Championshions and nine All-America honors. The IU men's distance medley relay team earned All-America honors for the sixth straight year, with a third-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Senior Kyla Buckley won Big Ten Championship titles in the shot put in the indoor and outdoor season. Fellow senior Kelsie Ahbe won the Big Ten Indoor Championship in the pole vault and went on to earn All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a school record jump of 4.40m to finish in second-place. The 2011-12 season was the fifth under Helmer's guidance, and it proved to be one of the greatest ever for the men's program. After a cross country campaign that ended with a runner-up finish at Big Tens and a seventh-place finish at NCAAs, the team won the Big Ten Indoor title behind 26 points from Andy Bayer and 22 from Kind Butler, taking the first conference title in 20 years. Bayer won the Big Ten mile and 3,000m crowns, while Butler won the 200 and Darius King won the high jump. The Hoosiers went on to send 11 to the NCAA Indoor meet, with all 11 coming back All-Americans. The team finished sixth at the national meet, scoring 25 points, including second place finishes in the distance medley relay and from King in the high jump. The 2012 outdoor season saw the Hoosiers take third in the Big Ten, getting individual titles from Bayer int eh 1,500m, Zach Mayhew in the 10,000m and Derek Drouin in the high jump. Bayer would go on to lead 14 NCAA qualifiers by winning the 1,500m NCAA title en route to 11 Hoosiers earning All-America honors. Bayer's title is the eighth by a Helmer pupil, and the fourth since Helmer arrived at IU. Bayer and Chelsea Blanchard earned Academic All-America honors for the second consecutive season. Drouin was the NCAA runner-up in a season that was just getting started for him. Drouin went on to qualify for the London Olympics, where he tied for third place to win a bronze medal for Canada. Drouin was awarded for Athletics Canada's performance of the year and as the field athlete of the year. The fourth year of the Helmer era, the 2010-11 season was a historic one for the Hoosiers program. The season included two top-10 NCAA finishes, two Big Ten runner-up finishes, 26 All-Americans, one NCAA Individual Championship and four Big Ten records. Helmer was awarded USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year honors for the Indoor season. At the season's conclusion, five Hoosiers were honored with the distinquished Academic All-America award. Bayer became the first male track athlete in school history to be honored and was joined by Blanchard, Vera Neuenswander, Sarah Pease and Faith Sherrill. The men's cross country team got things started, taking seventh at NCAAs and second at Big Tens, with Andrew Poore finishing as an All-American and Bayer placing second at the Big Ten meet. Indoors, the IU men were again runners-up behind Big Ten Champions Butler (60m), Drouin (High Jump) and Poore (5,000m). Faith Sherrill won the Big Ten shot put crown for the women. At NCAAs, the Hoosiers finished sixth with Drouin winning his third NCAA high jump crown with a Big Ten and Canadian national record clearance of 2.33m (7-7.75) en route to USTFCCCA Field Athlete of the Year honors and Bayer highlighting nine other All-Americans for IU at the meet. Bayer took third in the 3,000m and led the Hoosiers to second in the DMR, clocking the fastest anchor leg ever recorded, splitting 3:53. Sherrill broke the all-time Big Ten record by 2 feet and 6.5 inches in the shot put with her first throw of the season. Travelling 18.00m (59-0.75), Sherrill has the 10th-best collegiate throw all-time and the eighth-best collegiate throw ever by an American. Bayer, Drouin and Sherrill each garnered Big Ten Athlete of the Year honors and Great Lakes Region Athlete of the year honors for the indoor season. Outdoors, the women took third at Big Tens and 23rd at NCAAs and the men took fourth at Big Tens and 20th at NCAAs. Ben Hubers (1,500m), Neuenswander (pole vault), Pease (steeplechase), Sherrill (shot put) and De'Sean Turner (steeplechase) claimed Big Ten titles and 12 Hoosiers earned All-America honors. Neuenswander tied the Big Ten record in the pole vault to win at Big Tens, clearing 4.36m (14-3.5) to put the exclamation point on a 1-2 finish with teammate Kelsie Ahbe. Neuenswander and Ahbe went on to All-American finishes at NCAAs. Sherrill broke the Big Ten outdoor record in the shot put, launching a 17.64m (57-10.5) bomb to win at Penn Relays. Pease won her first Big Ten crown in the steeple, joining Turner in leading what was dubbed the "sweeplechase", as IU had three of the top four finishers in both the men's and women's races at Big Tens. At NCAAs, Poore led the way, taking third in the steeplechase. It was a historic season in the 4x100m relay for the Hoosiers, as Tyler Sult, Butler, Chris Vaughn and Devin Pipkin became the first All-American relay for IU in 30 years. At Penn Relays, IU was the only school from the North to qualify for the 4x100 and 4x200 Championship of America finals. Helmer's third year at Indiana proved to be record-setting. The Indiana women advanced to the NCAA Championships in cross country for the first time since 2004. With 13 indoor All-Americans, Helmer's squads produced more All-America certificates than any other indoor season in IU history. The IU men finished sixth overall at NCAA Indoors, marking the best performance by an IU team since the 2005 meet. Not to be outdone, the Hoosier women posted a 16th-place finish at the NCAA outdoor meet, while the men took 20th. Indiana finished the year with 18 All-Americans, nine Big Ten champions and three Big Ten Athlete of the Year Awards. The biggest highlight of the year for Indiana in 2010 was Drouin. The sophomore won NCAA titles during the indoor and outdoor seasons in the high jump. He was named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year for both seasons as well. Drouin also added the Canadian National Championship to his credit on the season. On the women's side, Molly Beckwith highlighted the season with a second-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800m. Beckwith followed her NCAA performance with a tour of Europe, where she finished an 800m race in 1:59.83. That performance merited a professional contract with Saucony. Bayer had a remarkable indoor campaign, breaking four minutes in the mile and eight minutes in the 3,000m, and then taking third at NCAAs in the 3,000m a day after posting an astonishing comeback for seventh place in the distance medley relay after dropping the baton. He was joined by Poore as an All-American in the 3,000m. De'Sean Turner, Butler and Stockberger were also on the DMR. Turner added All-America honors to his resume in the steeplechase outdoors. Juniors Sherrill and Pease had breakout seasons in 2010. Sherrill was the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year after smashing three IU records in the throws and earning three All-America certificates. She also took two Big Ten titles, indoors in the weight throw and outdoors in the shot put. Pease made a name for herself in the 3,000m steeplechase, taking fourth at both the NCAA Championships and the USA Championships. Ashley Rhoades earned All-America honors at the NCAA indoor meet in the high jump. Indiana track and field showed itself as a program on the rise in 2009, registering eight All-Americans across all three seasons. During the cross country season, Helmer had two of his pupils earn All- Big Ten honors, in Tim McLeod and Wendi Robinson. Robinson later qualified for the NCAA Championships, where she earned All-America honors in 28th-place. During the indoor season, Helmer saw Big Ten title wins from Tiffany Howard (shot put) and Jeff Coover (pole vault). He also saw Beckwith and Drouin earn All-Big Ten honors. Coover was named Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year and went on to earn All-America honors for a fourth-place finish in the pole vault. Drouin went on to finish as the NCAA runner-up in the high jump, and Neuenswander and the team's distance medley relay foursome each claimed All-America honors. In total, nine Hoosiers made the trip to the NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas. The outdoor slate saw the Hoosiers claim three more All-America certificates and three more Big Ten titles. Drouin (high jump), Kiwan Lawson (long jump) and Rhoades (high jump) all won Big Ten crowns, and three more IU athletes earned All-Big Ten honors. Drouin was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and went on to claim Great Lakes Region Athlete of the Year. Twenty-three Hoosiers made the trip to the Mideast Regional and seven advanced to the NCAA Championships. Neuenswander and Drouin each won the regional. At the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville Ark., Howard, Pease and Neuenswander claimed All-America honors. Neuenswander finished second in the pole vault. Neuenswander went on to garner ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America honors. In his first season at the helm of the Hoosiers, Helmer guided the men's and women's track and field teams to improvements during the indoor and outdoor seasons. The indoor portion of the year was highlighted by a Big Ten individual championship for Audrey Smoot in the 600-meter run. The indoor season culminated in a trio of Hoosiers representing the women's team at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Helmer's first outdoor season at IU also proved successful as Indiana had two Big Ten individual champions with Jenkins in the triple jump and Lawson in the long jump. The success from the Big Ten Championships led to seven student-athletes from Indiana competing in the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Hoosiers produced two All-Americans in Lawson and Coover. Helmer also helped two young cross country squads to new heights with fresh faces on the staff and on the roster. On the men's side, Helmer led Indiana to its first team appearance in the NCAA Championships since 2005 with a group that included three true freshmen. IU, led by junior McLeod, placed 28th overall as a team after a fourth place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. Prior to coming to IU, Helmer served as the director and head coach at Georgetown University for eight years. He was promoted to director in July 1999 after serving as associate head coach with the Hoyas for seven seasons and assistant coach the five years prior. During his tenure, 120 of his student-athletes earned a total of 342 All-America recognitions, including 41 student-athletes receiving 96 certificates since becoming director in 1999. In addition, 219 student-athletes captured BIG EAST individual titles, including 67 after he became director. At the NCAA Championships, he guided 27 athletes or relay teams to a top-three finish, highlighted by four national champions - Joline Staeheli (mile, 1996), Miesha Marzell (1500m, 1996) and two distance medley relay champions (1997, 1999). He also saw his teams earn 22 top-10 finishes in NCAA Championship action, including a streak of 15 straight at the cross country championships that ended in 2003. Among the top-10 finishes were seven top-four trophy finishes, including a third at the 1998 NCAA Indoor Championships and a fourth-place finish at the 2002 NCAA Cross Country Championships. Helmer led Hoya teams to the Championship of America relay titles at the Penn Relays, the latest being the 2004 men's 4x800m squad with a time of 7:13.75, the seventh-fastest time in collegiate history. He was part of 37 BIG EAST Championship teams and his student-athletes were honored 11 times as the Robert A. Duffey Scholar-Athlete award winner, given to the student-athlete who best embodies academic and athletic excellence. In January 2006, Helmer was the recipient of the Coaches Achievement Program award presented by Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. The Coaches Achievement Program honors coaches at select BIG EAST member institutions for excellence in coaching, mentoring and community service. Helmer came to Georgetown from Woodbridge High School in Virginia, where he served as head coach for four years. Prior to that, he was the head coach at Virginia High School in Bristol, Va., for eight years. He was named Virginia Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1980 and 1983, along with being selected as the Virginia Girls' Track Coach of the Year in 1981. Topping off the honors, Helmer was selected as the Boys' Cross Country Coach of the Decade in Virginia. During his career, Helmer's teams won 45 district, 35 regional and 10 state championships. Individually, he produced nine high school All-Americans and 13 Foot Locker National Cross Country qualifiers. Helmer is a graduate of Southwestern College located in Winfield, Kan., where he received a bachelor of arts degree in math. In October 2004, he was inducted into the Southwestern College Athletic Hall of Fame. He continued his education at East Tennessee State University, where he earned his master's degree in physical education, with a focus in biomechanics and human kinetics. Helmer has three children, Tori, a teacher, Justin, a teacher and basketball and track coach, and Kari, a recent graduate of IU, and a granddaughter - Rylee and a grandson - Brody.

Beathea begins his first season at Indiana as Associate Head Coach. Beathea will work primarily with sprints, hurdles and relays. Beathea, most recently was the head coach at Ohio State for two seasons, but prior to his time at Ohio State, spent 10 years at Indiana (1996-2006) as an assistant coach for hurdles and sprints, the last four as associate head coach. Most recently Beathea had six athletes qualify for the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 4X400m relay and athletes in the 200m, 400m, 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles. In his decade with the Hoosiers, Beathea coached 32 Big Ten sprint and hurdle champions, 28 All-Americans and two NCAA runner-ups. He gained national attention for his work with sprinters David Neville - a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - and Rachelle (Boone) Smith, the 2006 USA outdoor champion in the 200-meter dash, while also building his reputation as an excellent relay coach. Under his leadership, the women's sprint relay squad made conference history by becoming the first Big Ten relay team to win the league title and earn All-America recognition for four consecutive years (2001-05). In his six years as an assistant in Columbus, Beathea, the 2010 and 2011 Great Lakes Assistant Coach of the Year, instructed the Buckeye sprinters and hurdlers, as well as athletes competing in the horizontal jumps. He mentored Ohio State athletes in his event areas to 10 individual Big Ten titles while also building the Buckeye 4x400-meter relay team into a Midwestern juggernaut that won five Big Ten titles in a row from 2008-2010 and qualified for multiple NCAA championship appearances. In his first full season as head coach of the program, Beathea led the Buckeyes to a 21st-place finish at the 2013 NCAA outdoor championships, their best finish since 2004. Under his guidance OSU sent 11 student-athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, which was the most for the team in over 15 years. Coach Beathea spent two years at Northern Arizona University before to his arrival at Indiana, assisting with the sprinters, horizontal jumpers and men's and women's cross country squads. His time in Flagstaff came on the heels of a successful collegiate career at Ball State, where he holds school records in the 400-meter dash (indoor) and 4x400-meter relay. Beathea graduated with a bachelor's degree from BSU in 1992 and earned his master's in sports administration while serving as a graduate assistant for the Cardinals in 1994. A native of Elkhart, Ind., Ed and his wife, Kim, have two daughters, Sarah and Abby. Ed Beathea Associate Head Coach   Ed Beathea begins his first season at Indiana as Associate Head Coach. Beathea will work primarily with sprints, hurdles and relays. Beathea, most recently was the head coach at Ohio State for two seasons, but prior to his time at Ohio State, spent 10 years at Indiana (1996-2006) as an assistant coach for hurdles and sprints, the last four as associate head coach. Most recently Beathea had six athletes qualify for the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 4X400m relay and athletes in the 200m, 400m, 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles. In his decade with the Hoosiers, Beathea coached 32 Big Ten sprint and hurdle champions, 28 All-Americans and two NCAA runner-ups. He gained national attention for his work with sprinters David Neville - a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - and Rachelle (Boone) Smith, the 2006 USA outdoor champion in the 200-meter dash, while also building his reputation as an excellent relay coach. Under his leadership, the women's sprint relay squad made conference history by becoming the first Big Ten relay team to win the league title and earn All-America recognition for four consecutive years (2001-05). In his six years as an assistant in Columbus, Beathea, the 2010 and 2011 Great Lakes Assistant Coach of the Year, instructed the Buckeye sprinters and hurdlers, as well as athletes competing in the horizontal jumps. He mentored Ohio State athletes in his event areas to 10 individual Big Ten titles while also building the Buckeye 4x400-meter relay team into a Midwestern juggernaut that won five Big Ten titles in a row from 2008-2010 and qualified for multiple NCAA championship appearances. In his first full season as head coach of the program, Beathea led the Buckeyes to a 21st-place finish at the 2013 NCAA outdoor championships, their best finish since 2004. Under his guidance OSU sent 11 student-athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, which was the most for the team in over 15 years. Coach Beathea spent two years at Northern Arizona University before to his arrival at Indiana, assisting with the sprinters, horizontal jumpers and men's and women's cross country squads. His time in Flagstaff came on the heels of a successful collegiate career at Ball State, where he holds school records in the 400-meter dash (indoor) and 4x400-meter relay. Beathea graduated with a bachelor's degree from BSU in 1992 and earned his master's in sports administration while serving as a graduate assistant for the Cardinals in 1994. A native of Elkhart, Ind., Ed and his wife, Kim, have two daughters, Sarah and Abby.

Poore is an alumnus of the Indiana Track & Field program (class of 2012) and will be an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator and work with the distance event group. Poore earned six All-America honors and two Big Ten Championships during his time at IU. Poore finished in fourth-place in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2013 USA Championships. Poore has been volunteer coaching with the Hoosiers since his graduation from Indiana in 2012. "Andrew and I got here together and saw the growth and he was apart of the growth of our men's program," IU head coach Ron Helmer said. "He absolutely believes in the potential and possibilities of what we can accomplish. He is driven to make sure that we can achieve that success with both genders on a consistent basis."

Martin, who will be an assistant coach and work with the throwers group, is one of the elite shot put throwers in the world, currently holding the No 16 spot on the all-time world performance list (22.10m/72-6.25). Martin was the runner-up at the 2013 USA Indoor Championships and qualified for the World Outdoor Championship in Moscow. Martin, a native of Bloomington, Ind., was a nine-time All-American at Auburn, including National Championships in 2008 in the shot put (20.35m/66-9.25) and hammer throw (74.13m/243-2.5). Martin has been a volunteer coach for Indiana for the past two seasons. "I think Cory's experience as both a state champion, an NCAA Champion and being ranked in the top-10 in the world, gives him a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the throws and what it takes to be successful there," IU head coach Ron Helmer said. "His interactions with a number of high level coaches adds to his knowledge and I think he can use that knowledge to achieve results as a young coach and I'm confident he will do that." Cory Martin Assistant Coach   Cory Martin, who will be an assistant coach and work with the throwers group, is one of the elite shot put throwers in the world, currently holding the No 16 spot on the all-time world performance list (22.10m/72-6.25). Martin was the runner-up at the 2013 USA Indoor Championships and qualified for the World Outdoor Championship in Moscow. Martin, a native of Bloomington, Ind., was a nine-time All-American at Auburn, including National Championships in 2008 in the shot put (20.35m/66-9.25) and hammer throw (74.13m/243-2.5). Martin has been a volunteer coach for Indiana for the past two seasons. "I think Cory's experience as both a state champion, an NCAA Champion and being ranked in the top-10 in the world, gives him a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the throws and what it takes to be successful there," IU head coach Ron Helmer said. "His interactions with a number of high level coaches adds to his knowledge and I think he can use that knowledge to achieve results as a young coach and I'm confident he will do that."

Wiseman, a former Indiana decathlete who was second-team All-Big Ten in 2005, has helped guide Neuenswander, Chin, Ahbe, Blayne Burkholder and Jeff Coover to NCAA Championship appearances in the past four seasons. His vaulters have won five Big Ten titles and earned All-America honors 11 times. Under Wiseman seven different athletes have qualifed for a national meet. In the 2013-14 season Wiseman helped the IU women nearly sweep the top three spots at the Big Ten Indoor Championships as Kelsie Ahbe was the Big Ten Champion, Sophie Gutermuth finished runner-up and Sydney Clute finished in fourth-place. Ahbe and Clute both advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships and both earned All-America honors. Ahbe jumped a school record 4.40m and finished in second-place, while Clute finished in eighth-place. In 2011, Neuenswander and Ahbe did things that Hoosiers have never done before in the pole vault. They capped the season by finishing in a 1-2 sweep at Big Tens and then both earning All-America honors at NCAAs. Neuenswander took the Big Ten crown with a conference-record tying clearance of 4.36m (14-3.75), and Ahbe was right behind, clearing 4.26m (13-11.75). The pair then went on to finish fourth and sixth respectively at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Indoors, IU got 16 points in the women's pole vault as Ahbe took second, Neuenswander was fourth and Chin finished sixth. All three competed at the NCAA Regional. The 2010 campaign was more of the same for Indiana's tradition-rich pole vault program. Coover highlighted the year with third place at the NCAA Indoor Championships and All-America honors outdoors as well. Ahbe continued a trend of successful freshmen female vaulters at Indiana with All-Big Ten honors outdoors and a trip to the NCAA Championships. The freshman also advanced to the World Jr. Championships with a second-place finish at USA's. Derek Messmer advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round, as did Laura Williams. The 2009 season was a great one for the IU pole vault program, as Wiseman's pupils claimed All-America honors three times and brought home a Big Ten title. Coover won the Big Ten indoor crown and took fourth at NCAA's for his second career All-America honors. His remarkably consistent indoor season garnered him Great Lakes Region Athlete of the Year honors. Neuenswander claimed All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, finishing sixth indoors and second at the outdoor meet. She also won the NCAA Mideast Regional, clearing a then school record height of 4.31m . Wiseman helped Coover to a clearance of 5.35 meters at the Sea Ray Relays, the nation's eighth-best mark on the year. Coover finished fourth at the regional, good for a spot at the national meet. At the NCAA Championships, Coover took seventh place and All-America honors. Chin blossomed under Wiseman's tutelage in 2008, breaking IU's indoor and outdoor records and making it to the NCAA Championships in both seasons. Chin cleared 4.14m at the Alex Wilson Invitational to earn her spot at the NCAA Championships. When she got the chance to move outdoors, she kept the ball rolling with a clearance of 4.25m. In 2007, Neuenswander set a new Big Ten Outdoor Championship and Nittany Lion Field record en route to the individual league title and a spot at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet. Her regional trip led her to the NCAA Championships where she finished 12th. Neuenswander also posted a successful indoor season in her rookie year. She broke the Big Ten Indoor Championship record with a vault of 4.11 meters to win silver and earn Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. Burkholder came away with the pole vault title and a regional qualification at the Billy Hayes Invitational in 2007. His success at Billy Hayes sent him into the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, where he won the individual title for the Hoosiers. Burkholder then cleared 5.06 meters at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet to take third and earn his first-ever trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Prior to his coaching career, Wiseman finished runner-up at the 2005 Big Ten Championships and represented Indiana at the NCAA Championships in the decathlon. In 2004, the Corydon, Ind., native also competed in the decathlon at Big Ten's, where he finished third, and at NCAA's, where he came in 21st overall. Wiseman can be found in the Indiana record books with his career-best mark in the javelin (63.89-meters) ranking third, and his 7,365 points in the decathlon ranking second all-time. Wiseman graduated in the spring of 2005 with a bachelor's degree in continuing studies and resides in Bloomington with his wife, Stacey. All-Americans - 11 Big Ten Champions - 5 All-Big Ten Honorees - 10 Big Ten Freshman of the Year - 1 Great Lakes Region A.O.Y. - 1 Jake Wiseman, who has mentored some of the top freshman pole vaulters in the nation in Vera Neuenswander in 2007, Stephanie Chin in 2008 and Kelsie Ahbe in 2010, enters his 10th season as the Hoosiers' assistant coach for pole vault and javelin. Wiseman, a former Indiana decathlete who was second-team All-Big Ten in 2005, has helped guide Neuenswander, Chin, Ahbe, Blayne Burkholder and Jeff Coover to NCAA Championship appearances in the past four seasons. His vaulters have won five Big Ten titles and earned All-America honors 11 times. Under Wiseman seven different athletes have qualifed for a national meet. In the 2013-14 season Wiseman helped the IU women nearly sweep the top three spots at the Big Ten Indoor Championships as Kelsie Ahbe was the Big Ten Champion, Sophie Gutermuth finished runner-up and Sydney Clute finished in fourth-place. Ahbe and Clute both advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships and both earned All-America honors. Ahbe jumped a school record 4.40m and finished in second-place, while Clute finished in eighth-place. In 2011, Neuenswander and Ahbe did things that Hoosiers have never done before in the pole vault. They capped the season by finishing in a 1-2 sweep at Big Tens and then both earning All-America honors at NCAAs. Neuenswander took the Big Ten crown with a conference-record tying clearance of 4.36m (14-3.75), and Ahbe was right behind, clearing 4.26m (13-11.75). The pair then went on to finish fourth and sixth respectively at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Indoors, IU got 16 points in the women's pole vault as Ahbe took second, Neuenswander was fourth and Chin finished sixth. All three competed at the NCAA Regional. The 2010 campaign was more of the same for Indiana's tradition-rich pole vault program. Coover highlighted the year with third place at the NCAA Indoor Championships and All-America honors outdoors as well. Ahbe continued a trend of successful freshmen female vaulters at Indiana with All-Big Ten honors outdoors and a trip to the NCAA Championships. The freshman also advanced to the World Jr. Championships with a second-place finish at USA's. Derek Messmer advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round, as did Laura Williams. The 2009 season was a great one for the IU pole vault program, as Wiseman's pupils claimed All-America honors three times and brought home a Big Ten title. Coover won the Big Ten indoor crown and took fourth at NCAA's for his second career All-America honors. His remarkably consistent indoor season garnered him Great Lakes Region Athlete of the Year honors. Neuenswander claimed All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, finishing sixth indoors and second at the outdoor meet. She also won the NCAA Mideast Regional, clearing a then school record height of 4.31m . Wiseman helped Coover to a clearance of 5.35 meters at the Sea Ray Relays, the nation's eighth-best mark on the year. Coover finished fourth at the regional, good for a spot at the national meet. At the NCAA Championships, Coover took seventh place and All-America honors. Chin blossomed under Wiseman's tutelage in 2008, breaking IU's indoor and outdoor records and making it to the NCAA Championships in both seasons. Chin cleared 4.14m at the Alex Wilson Invitational to earn her spot at the NCAA Championships. When she got the chance to move outdoors, she kept the ball rolling with a clearance of 4.25m. In 2007, Neuenswander set a new Big Ten Outdoor Championship and Nittany Lion Field record en route to the individual league title and a spot at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet. Her regional trip led her to the NCAA Championships where she finished 12th. Neuenswander also posted a successful indoor season in her rookie year. She broke the Big Ten Indoor Championship record with a vault of 4.11 meters to win silver and earn Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. Burkholder came away with the pole vault title and a regional qualification at the Billy Hayes Invitational in 2007. His success at Billy Hayes sent him into the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, where he won the individual title for the Hoosiers. Burkholder then cleared 5.06 meters at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet to take third and earn his first-ever trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Prior to his coaching career, Wiseman finished runner-up at the 2005 Big Ten Championships and represented Indiana at the NCAA Championships in the decathlon. In 2004, the Corydon, Ind., native also competed in the decathlon at Big Ten's, where he finished third, and at NCAA's, where he came in 21st overall. Wiseman can be found in the Indiana record books with his career-best mark in the javelin (63.89-meters) ranking third, and his 7,365 points in the decathlon ranking second all-time. Wiseman graduated in the spring of 2005 with a bachelor's degree in continuing studies and resides in Bloomington with his wife, Stacey.

Erb begins his first season with the Hoosiers and will coach the jumps and women's multi event groups. Erb spent the last year as the head coach at the University of New Orleans and is no stranger to the Big Ten, having spent five seasons (2008-13) as a member of the Illinois women's track and field staff as an assistant coach, working primarily with field events. The last two seasons, Erb handled coaching duties associated with the men's high jump, pole vault, javelin and multi-events. During his tenure at Illinois, Erb coached 10 student-athletes to All-American performances, six to Big Ten individual championships and had nine student-athletes post school-records. In addition, the Illini won the Big Ten women's indoor team title in 2013. Also in a five-year span, a total of 54 student-athletes coached by Erb have scored points at the league championship events. Erb arrived at Illinois after successful coaching stints at Marquette and the University of Redlands. He spent the 2008 season as an assistant coach at Marquette, where he was responsible for coaching the men's and women's long and triple jumpers as well as the multi-event athletes. The position at New Orleans is the second head coaching stint for Erb, who served as the head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach at the University of Redlands in California from 2002 through 2007. In his time at Redlands, Erb guided the men's track and field program from a last place conference finish to consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships in 2006 and 2007. With the Bulldogs, Erb coached four NCAA champions, eight All-Americans, 20 NCAA Championships qualifiers and 152 All-Conference performers. He also coached Corey White, who went on to the Pan American Junior Championships, where he placed second with a throw of 228-10. Erb received his undergraduate degree in environmental science in 1998 from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, where he was a decathlete and jumper from 1994-98, earning two conference titles in the triple jump. He also received his Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration from Redlands in 2005. Erb is certified as a USATF Level II coach in the jumps and throws and is a USATF Level I instructor. Mike Erb Assistant Coach   Mike Erb begins his first season with the Hoosiers and will coach the jumps and women's multi event groups. Erb spent the last year as the head coach at the University of New Orleans and is no stranger to the Big Ten, having spent five seasons (2008-13) as a member of the Illinois women's track and field staff as an assistant coach, working primarily with field events. The last two seasons, Erb handled coaching duties associated with the men's high jump, pole vault, javelin and multi-events. During his tenure at Illinois, Erb coached 10 student-athletes to All-American performances, six to Big Ten individual championships and had nine student-athletes post school-records. In addition, the Illini won the Big Ten women's indoor team title in 2013. Also in a five-year span, a total of 54 student-athletes coached by Erb have scored points at the league championship events. Erb arrived at Illinois after successful coaching stints at Marquette and the University of Redlands. He spent the 2008 season as an assistant coach at Marquette, where he was responsible for coaching the men's and women's long and triple jumpers as well as the multi-event athletes. The position at New Orleans is the second head coaching stint for Erb, who served as the head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach at the University of Redlands in California from 2002 through 2007. In his time at Redlands, Erb guided the men's track and field program from a last place conference finish to consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships in 2006 and 2007. With the Bulldogs, Erb coached four NCAA champions, eight All-Americans, 20 NCAA Championships qualifiers and 152 All-Conference performers. He also coached Corey White, who went on to the Pan American Junior Championships, where he placed second with a throw of 228-10. Erb received his undergraduate degree in environmental science in 1998 from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, where he was a decathlete and jumper from 1994-98, earning two conference titles in the triple jump. He also received his Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration from Redlands in 2005. Erb is certified as a USATF Level II coach in the jumps and throws and is a USATF Level I instructor.