Ed Beathea to lead Indiana University Track & Field and Cross-Country programs in 2023-24
Current Indiana University Track & Field Associate Head Coach Ed Beathea will be promoted to Head Coach of the IU Men’s and Women’s Track & Field and Cross-Country programs at the conclusion of the 2022-23 Track & Field season, IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson announced Monday afternoon. Beathea will replace Ron Helmer, who announced his plans to retire at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season earlier this spring.
A native of Elkhart, Indiana, Beathea has 28 years of college coaching experience, including 26 at the Big Ten level. Nineteen of those seasons have been in Bloomington, where he was an assistant coach from 1997-2006 and the associate head coach during the last nine seasons. In between his IU stints, Beathea spent six seasons as the associate head coach at Ohio State and one season (2012-13) as the Buckeyes’ head coach. During his one season at the helm of the OSU program, Beathea sent 11 student-athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships and the men placed 21st at the NCAA Outdoor meet, the program’s best finish in nine years. During his coaching career, Beathea has been named the Great Lakes Assistant Coach of the Year three times, including this past March. He’s mentored an Olympic medalist, three NCAA runners-up, and more than 50 Big Ten Champions while focusing much of his attention on the sprints, hurdles, and relay events.
Among his notable proteges are former Hoosiers David Neville and Rachelle (Boone) Smith and current IU standout Rikkoi Brathwaite. Brathwaite recently finished as the runner-up at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 60-meter dash, a performance that came on the heels of a third-place NCAA finish in the same event in 2021. A two-time Big Ten Indoor Champion in the 60-meter dash as well, Brathwaite was the 2021 Big Ten Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. Neville, meanwhile, ran at Indiana during Beathea’s first stint with the program and established himself as one of the IU program’s all-time greats. Neville was a six-time Big Ten champion and five-time All-American for the Hoosiers, setting program records in the 200, 400, 4×400 and Distance Medley Relay during his collegiate career from 2004-06. After leaving IU he went on to tremendous international success as well, winning a bronze medal in the 400-meter dash and a gold medal in the 4×400-meter relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On the women’s side, Smith is one of the most accomplished performers in program history as well. During her career from 2000-03, she captured 10 Big Ten titles and earned 12 All-America honors in the sprints and relay events. The NCAA runner-up in the 200-meter dash at the 2002 NCAA Outdoor event and the 2003 Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year, Smith was a silver medalist in the 200-meters at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.
Prior to joining the IU staff in 1995, Beathea spent two years at Northern Arizona University, where he assisted 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 4×400-meter relay. Beathea graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from Ball State University in 1992 and earned his master’s in sports administration while serving as a graduate assistant for the Cardinals in 1994. Ed and his wife, Kim, have two daughters, Sarah and Abby.
Indiana Men’s Golf 13th after day 1 Of NCAA Regional
Indiana University Men’s Golf is in 13th place after Day 1 of the NCAA Regional in Palm Beach Gardens Florida. The Hoosiers shot a 308 which was 20 over par and Loyola Maryland trails the Hoosiers by 16 strokes in the 14-team field. Vanderbilt leads the regional shooting a team score of 285 and leads 2nd place South Florida by 5 strokes. Norte Dame is in 3rd place with a score of 292 and Purdue is 12th with a score of 305. Nick Lyerly from UNC Greensboro is the individual leader at five under par shooting at 67. Clay Merchant is top Hoosier tied 24th after shooting 2 over par 74. Bloomington South Graduate and Purdue Golfer Joe Weiler is tied for 33rd after shooting 3 over par 75. Round 2 gets underway this morning followed by the third and final round tomorrow.
Indiana University Baseball Closes Out the Home Season with Illinois State
The Indiana University Baseball Team closes out the 2022 home portion of the season when Illinois State Redbirds visit Bart Kaufman Field at 6 pm this season. The Hoosiers took two out of three this past weekend against Minnesota winning game 1 8-6 Friday Night, 12-0 in game 1 of doubleheader on Sunday before the Gophers took Game 2 9-8. Indiana is 24-27 overall and 10-11 in the Big Ten Conference the Hoosiers sit tied for 7th with Michigan with one more Big Ten Series this weekend at Iowa. The Hoosiers need to finish in the top 8 of the Conferenced to make the Big Ten Tournament.
The Hoosiers are 12-9 at Bart Kaufman Field this season. Illinois State is 19-27 on the season and 6-12 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Redbirds are 11-20 in road games this season. The teams met at Illinois State April 27th, when Indiana won 3-1.
Bloomington North host Girls Track & Field Sectional
Bloomington North will host the Girls Track & Field this evening at 5:30pm. 13 teams will be competing as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place sectional winners in all individual events and relays plus any individual or relay meeting the three-participant standard in the sectional finals of their event. If the top 3 finishers plus the three participant standard advances in event is less than 16, the next best performances from the corresponding sectionals shall be added to bring the total number of entrants to 16 in each event. An individual or relay team shall not advance to the regional from the sectional finals unless the time recorded by fully automatic timing.
The 13 teams that are competing in this sectional are Bloomfield, Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Brown County, Eastern Greene, Edgewood, Lighthouse Christian Academy, Linton, Martinsville, Owen Valley Shakamak, and White River Valley. Bloomington North is the defending sectional champion and the teams that advance will come back to Bloomington North one week from tonight for the Regional along with teams from the Jeffersonville, Seymour and Terre Haute South Sectionals.
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Host Toledo Starting Tonight
The Indianapolis Indians hosts the Toledo Mudhens in a six-game series starting tonight at Victory Field in downtown Indianapolis. First Pitch is scheduled for 6:35pm. The Teams will play 1:35 pm tomorrow and Sunday. 11:05am Thursday Morning, Friday at 7:05pm and Saturday at 6:35pm. The Indians host Bark in the Park this evening, Baseball in Education on Thursday and Prospects Weekend Friday and Saturday to highlight Indy’s fourth homestand of the 2022 campaign.
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