See wins 3000m title; Murdaugh claims top qualifying times in both 200m and 400m
Aaron Studt repeated as shot put champion and Ben Peterson won in the pole vault to help the Gophers lead on Day 1
The University of Iowa track teams completed day one of the 2010 Indoor Big Ten Championships Saturday. The men's championships were at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, while the women traveled east to Penn State University in State Park, PA. At the end of day one, the men find themselves in eighth place with seven points, and the women are in tenth with six points. Minnesota is in the lead for both the men's and women's, with 49.5 and 41 points, respectively.
At the end of day one of action at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, the Michigan State track & field program is currently tied for eighth on the men's side and ninth on the women's. Minnesota currently leads in both the men and women.
Robert Peddlar earned the conference crown in the long jump for U-M, which sits in fourth after the first day of the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
Minnesota hosts the 2010 Big Ten Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships. Five event champions will be crowned on Saturday.
The men's and women's track & field teams will compete at their respective conference championships this weekend, with Penn State playing host to the Big Ten Women's Indoor Championships while the men's team will travel to Minnesota for the Big Ten Men's Indoor Championships. Both will be held on Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28.