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Wednesday, May 13
The Indiana Daily Student

Track

Track team finishes top 25 in NCAA championship

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IU finished the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship with nine All-Americans and nine top-10 finishes. The men finished with 11 points as a team, taking 20th place, while the women scored 13 points, taking 23rd place.



Baseball vs. Morehead State

IU's Dickerson, Monar selected in MLB Draft

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Dickerson, who is tied for the school's all-time home runs lead, was selected in the third round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a first baseman, and left-handed pitcher Monar was taken by the Washington Nationals in the draft's 12th round.


Track Meet

Track and field notebook: Six athletes earn academic honor

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Six members of IU’s program garnered Capital One First Team Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America association, which selects honorees from collegiate track and field and cross-country teams.


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Ohio State coach fired: The 'Buck' stops here

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The fallout from Jim Tressel's cover-up of his players' memorabilia sales and his subsequent resignation is a crying shame for Ohio State University, an institution that has done a pretty good job of talking the talk in terms of doing things in an honorable manner over the years, writes Frank Therber.


Track

Lucky 13 track and field athletes qualify for NCAAs

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Throughout the three-day competition in the NCAA East Preliminary Round from May 26 to 28, at IU’s Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex, a total of 13 IU track and field athletes qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.



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Hubers, Poore qualify for second straight NCAA meet in men’s 5K

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It was two-for-two for IU on Saturday in the men’s 5,000-meter event. Juniors Ben Hubers and Andrew Poore earned their qualifications for the NCAA Outdoor Championships on June 8-11 in Des Moines, Iowa with fourth- and fifth-place finishes, respectively, in the NCAA East Preliminary Meet at IU’s Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex.




Wheldon

Wheldon wins his second Indianapolis 500

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In the 100 years of the Indianapolis 500, few endings have provided as much drama as this year’s race as rookie JR Hildebrand crashed in the final turn of the final lap of the 500 mile race—ultimately yielding Dan Wheldon this year’s champion.


Indianapolis 500

Hildebrand’s crash leads to Wheldon’s Indianapolis 500 victory

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The centennial Indianapolis 500 reminded some fans of the Daytona 500 when Trevor Bayne claimed victory in his second career NASCAR start. One corner stood in the way of rookie JR Hildebrand accomplishing a similar feat. Though in his case, the track won in incomprehensibly tragic fashion.


Wheldon

Dan Wheldon wins Indianapolis 500

Dan Wheldon, 2005 Indianapolis 500 winner, took first place in during this year's race when JR Hildebrand's car crashed into the SAFER Barrier when it drifted up the track and left Turn 4.


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IndyCar announces compromise on controversial restart rule

INDIANAPOLIS — Responding to outspoken criticism from drivers concerned about their safety, IndyCar on Saturday announced a compromise to its controversial rule requiring drivers to restart during the race side-by-side.


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IU sends four steeplers to NCAAs

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Four Hoosier athletes placed in the top-four of their respective 3,000-meter steeplechase heats Friday at the NCAA East Preliminary meet at Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex.



Track

IU pole vaulters advance to NCAAs, Pipkin to quarters

Pole vaulters Vera Neuenswander and Kelsie Ahbe each qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships during June 8-11 in Des Moines, Iowa, while sprinter Devin Pipkin advanced to the quarterfinal of the men's 100-meter dash with a fourth-place finish in his heat.



Indianapolis 500, Bump Day

Excitement may return for 100th-anniversary Indianapolis 500

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Jeff Belskus, CEO of the speedway, informed The Indianapolis Star on Tuesday that ticket sales for Sunday’s race are in considerably higher demand, adding the track was earning nearly a double-digit percent increase from last year’s running and that it was the first time in three years the Indianapolis 500 has experienced an increase in ticket sales.