By Tyler Wooten
GoSycamores.com
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State and Illinois State will resume its 11-year dual meet rivalry on Friday evening, as the Sycamores and Redbirds clash for the 12th iteration of the Coughlan/Malloy Cup at the Terre Haute Double-Dual at Rose-Hulman's Sports and Recreation Center. The other half of this double-dual meet will pit Rose-Hulman against fellow Division III foe Manchester University.
Since it began in 2005, Indiana State is 10-1 in the series against Illinois State – whose only victory came in 2006 in Terre Haute. In fact, the Sycamore men and women have only lost once each in separate competition against the Redbird men and women – the men in 2006 and the women in 2012.
Indiana State returns all but five event champions from last season's squad, which includes all six of ISU's returning All-Americans from the 2015 season (quarter and half-miler Alethia Marrero (x2), pole vaulter Kimyanna Rudolph, distance runner David Timlin, hurdler Adarius Washington and sprinter Katie Wise). The Sycamores are already off to a stellar start to the indoor season after a very strong open at the Hoosier Open in December. Twelve Sycamores still rank in the national top-50 from times or marks recorded in Bloomington that Friday – including three within the national-qualifying top-16.
Chief among those is All-American hurdler Adarius Washington, who ranks fourth in the NCAA in the 60 meter hurdles. Washington was the top-collegiate finisher at IU that day with a strong time of 7.88 seconds – which is still 0.11 seconds off his career-best 7.77 ran at last year's NCAA Indoor Championships, where he finished fifth overall.
However, the Redbirds come into Terre Haute tomorrow off to a strong start as well. Illinois State currently claims six top-50 times or marks itself. The highest of those comes from top-notch distance runner Ryan Rutherford, who returns to competition this year after sitting out the 2015 season. Rutherford and Sycamore All-American John Mascari ran one of the all-time great 10K races at the 2014 MVC Outdoor Championships in Carbondale, Ill., but fans will be denied a rematch as Mascari is sitting out the 2016 season due to the resurgence of a back injury.
Competition will begin at 6 p.m. with the beginning of the field events. Admission is free to all spectators, and live results will be available HERE.
Schedule
6 pm Men's Shot Put (women to follow)
Women's Weight Throw (men to follow)
Men's long jump (women to follow) / 4 jumps
Women's high jump (men to follow)
Men's pole vault (women to follow)
Men's triple jump (follows LJ) / 4 jumps
Women's triple jump (follows men's TJ) / 4 jumps
6:15 60 meter dash semifinals
60 meter hurdles semifinals
7:00 Mile run
7:20 60 meter hurdles finals
7:35 400 meter dash (sections on time)
7:55 60 meter dash finals
8:10 800 meter run (sections on time)
8:30 200 meter dash (sections on time)
9:00 3000 meter run
9:30 4 x 400 meter relay
9:45 Estimated conclusion of meet
Women's National Rankings (Top-50)
Triple Jump
9. Jamie Newsome - 12.45m (40-10.25)
Shot Put
16. Katelyn Rutz - 15.16m (49-09.00)
34. Whitney Walker - 14.69m (48-02.50)
Weight Throw
40. Katelyn Rutz - 18.07m (59-03.50)
Men's National Rankings (Top-50)
60 Meter Hurdles
4. Adarius Washington - 7.88
18. Marcus Neely - 8.01
25. Daley Carter - 8.06
Long Jump
19. Scott Schreiber - 7.31m (23-11.75)
21. Devyn Mikell - 7.30m (23-11.50)
Shot Put
30. Jamar Brown - 17.16m (56-03.75)
Triple Jump
40. Gino Brown - 14.53m (47-08.00)
High Jump
47. Jamie Murtaugh - 2.03m (6-08.00)
Meet History
2005
Combined: Sycamores 184, Redbirds 124
Men: Sycamores 87, Redbirds 55
Women: Sycamores 77, Redbirds 69
2006
Combined: Redbirds 147, Sycamores 143
Men: Redbirds 80, Sycamores 67
Women: Sycamores 76, Redbirds 67
2007
Combined: Sycamores 192, Redbirds 100
Men: Sycamores 98, Redbirds 48
Women: Sycamores 94, Redbirds 52
2008
Combined: Sycamores 157.5, Redbirds 136.5
Men: Sycamores 80, Redbirds 65
Women: Sycamores 77.5, Redbirds 71.5
2009
Combined: Sycamores 177, Redbirds 123
Men: Sycamores 94, Redbirds 56
Women: Sycamores 83, Redbirds 67
2010
Combined: Sycamores 165.5, Redbirds 131.5
Men: Sycamores 88, Redbirds 60
Women: Sycamores 77.5, Redbirds 71.5
2011
Combined: Sycamores 172, Redbirds 130
Men: Sycamores 89, Redbirds 62
Women: Sycamores 83, Redbirds 68
2012
Combined: Sycamores 167.5, Redbirds 138.5
Men: Sycamores 93, Redbirds 60
Women: Redbirds 78.5, Sycamores 74.5
2013
Combined: Sycamores 186, Redbirds 107
Men: Sycamores 98, Redbirds 46
Women: Sycamores 88, Redbirds 61
2014
Combined: Sycamores 182, Redbirds 108
Men: Sycamores 93, Redbirds 52
Women: Sycamores 89, Redbirds 56
2015
Combined: Sycamores 189, Redbirds 105
Men: Sycamores 97, Redbirds 51
Women: Sycamores 92, Redbirds 54
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