Indiana University-Bloomington Men's Track & Field

Eric Heins , the 2016 NCAA DI Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year, was named Indiana's Head Cross Country Coach and Associate Track and Field Coach – Dista...

Andrew Poore completed his ninth year assistant coach with the Hoosiers in 2023 after a successful career as a student-athlete and volunteer coach for the program. He earned seven All-America honors and two Big Ten Championships during his time at IU. Poore, a 2012 Indiana University graduate, is the recruiting coordinator and assists with distance runners. Indiana (2014-Present) The 2024 cross country season saw three USTFCCCA All-Region performers, two on the men’s side in Abe Eckman (12th) and Skylar Stidam (22nd) with Mariah Wehrle (19th) leading the women’s squad. In 2023, the Hoosiers finished the season with an eighth (men) and 11th (women) place finishes at the Big Ten Championships. Both teams improved at the 2023 NCAA Great Lakes Regional finishing seventh (men) and 10th (women). Skylar Stidam had great development in his final track and field season. He set the 10,000-meter school record with a time of 28:32.41, that was previously set by coach Poore in 2011. Stidam also won the Big Ten Outdoor 5,000-meter title and finished fourth in the 10k at the Big Ten conference championships. Stidam later qualified for his first NCAA Championships after finishing fifth at the NCAA East Prelims in the 10,000 meters. He earned USTFCCCA Honorable Mention honors after finishing 23rd at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The 2023 campaign saw a handful of breakout runners including first-year athlete Claire Overfelt. The Whiteland, Ind. native, who started as IU as a club runner, ra

Ed Beathea was officially named Director of Track and Field and Cross Country on July 1st, 2023. Prior to taking over the program, he spent 19 seasons as eit...

Jake Wiseman, who has mentored some of the top pole vaulters in the nation, finished his 18th season as the Hoosiers' assistant coach for pole vault, javelin and men’s multi groups in 2023. He was promoted to associate head coach ahead of the 2023-24 school year. Under Wiseman, nine different athletes have qualified for a national meet. He has coached 16 Big Ten Champions, 20 All-Big Ten honorees, one Big Ten Freshman of the Year, one Great Lakes Regional Athlete of the Year and his athletes have earned 18 All-American certificates. Indiana (2006-Present) The 2024 season was another great one for the Indiana vaulters. Nathan Stone won the 2024 Big Ten Indoor Pole Vault title while Jessica Mercier finished runner-up with a school record height of 4.45m/14-7.25. Mercier qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships for the second time in her career. She earned First Team All-America honors after finishing eighth at the national meet. Wiseman coached Stone to his fifth conference win in the pole vault, the first Hoosier to achieve this feat. He owns three indoor titles and two outdoors and has scored a total of 68 points in the conference event. On the men’s side, Indiana has won five of the last six Big Ten Indoor titles in the Pole Vault with Stone taking gold in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Tyler Carrel earned Bronze at the conference meet and Riley Johnston tied for eighth to combine for 16.33 points. Tyler Carrel had a great outdoor season after he qualified for his first NCAA Champi

Megan Tomei was named Assistant Coach - Throws for the Indiana track and field program by Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Ed Beathea in July of...

Valerie Brown was named an Assistant Coach for the Indiana Track and Field program by Director of Track and Field Cross Country Ed Beathea in July of 2023. S...

Warren Bye will take over the role as Director of Operations for the Hoosiers while serving as a recruiting coordinator on the track side and an assistant co...