Broadcast Information
Sunday's ESPN+ telecast will begin at 3 p.m. while Monday's ESPN+ broadcast will go
live starting at 11:15 a.m. Brad Wells (play-by-play), Mike Mahon (analyst) and Natasha
Kaiser-Brown (analyst) will be on the call.
 
Men's Pre-Championship Poll
1. Indiana State (4) – 94 points
2. UNI (5) – 93 points
3. Illinois State (1) – 83 points
4. Southern Illinois – 67 points
5. Bradley – 66 points
6. Drake – 47 points
7. Belmont – 43 points
8. UIC – 24 points
9. Valparaiso – 17 points
10. Evansville – 16 points
 
Women's Pre-Championship Poll
1. Indiana State (9) – 140 points
2. Illinois State (1) – 127 points
3. UNI – 110 points
4. Murray State (2) – 105 points
5. Belmont – 89 points
     Bradley – 89 points
7. Southern Illinois – 69 points
8. Drake – 61 points
9. Missouri State – 60 points
10. UIC – 38 points
11. Valparaiso – 26 points
12. Evansville – 13 points
 
2024-25 Indoor Season Highlights
The Bulldogs' deep stable of throwers started the indoor season off right in Ames as Centaine Noom-Duckworth and Chinemerem Iwuagwu took the top two spots at the Bill Bergan Open. Sam Carpenter and Adam Phillips also collected top-four finishes on the men's side while Tyla Lumley left Ames with the women's 3,000m title.
 
The Dogs went back to Ames the very next weekend where Noom-Duckworth hauled in another individual crown in the women's weight throw. Emilie Meyer began her stellar indoor campaign with a third place showing in the women's mile. Meyer went on to garner MVC Women's Track Athlete of the Week two weeks later after winning the women's 800m and teaming up with Savannah Ming, Briandrias Rhodes, and Madison Bunton to capture first in the women's 4x400m relay in the Bulldogs' third event at Iowa State. Meyer has also set, and subsequently reset, the program's mile record on two different occasions this year.
 
The men's runners have been highlighted by the efforts of their distance group. Brogan Giffin won the mile at a loaded Tyson Invitational hosted by Arkansas, while Aidan Palmer and Juan Trasobares outran the 3,000m and mile fields, respectively, at the Iowa Open.
 
Up Next
The NCAA Indoor Championships are scheduled for March 14-15, in Virginia Beach, Va.