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HISTORY MADE😤
Illinois State becomes the FIRST EVER women’s team to win four-consecutive Missouri Valley Conference indoor titles🏆🏆🏆🏆
#4PEAT
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Get your brooms out, because that’s a CLEAN SWEEP!!! For the first time since 1997, both the ISU men and women claim the MVC Title!!! #BackTheBirds
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Winning is a habit 🏆
The ‘Birds win their third-consecutive MVC outdoor title with a VALLEY RECORD 232 points😤
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With her strong performance today, Rachel Hickey (@r_hickey15) has qualified and will represent the USA 🇺🇸 at the Pan American U20 Championships in Costa Rica later this summer!
#USATF20 // #FlyHigh
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The Redbirds win the Valley indoor title for the third-straight year and set an MVC record with 190.16 points! 🏆🏆🏆
#BackTheBirds | #redbirdTF
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🥈🥈🥈
Rachel Hickey finishes second in the 1,500-meter run with a personal-best time of 4:26.83 at the Pan American U20 Championships!
#redbirdTF // #PanAmU20
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THE 'BIRDS ARE OFFICIALLY #MVCtf INDOOR CHAMPIONS!
For the first time in school history, the Redbird men's and women's track & field teams have swept the indoor meet in back-to-back years! 🧹🧹🧹
#BackTheBirds #FlyHigh #RedbirdProud
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🚨SUB-4 MILE ALERT! 🚨
Jack Anstey makes history, joining 2002 NCAA Indoor Mile Champion @GOY909 as the only Redbirds to run ever a sub-4 mile!
With his time of 3:59.66 at the #ISUClassic, Anstey becomes the 68th Australian to accomplish this feat!
#BackTheBirds #FlyHigh
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She is #TokyoBound 🙌
Aisha Praught Leer will represent Jamaica at the #TokyoOlympics this summer! 🇯🇲
#redbirdTFXC | #WeAreOne
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KELLEN KRAVIK IS THE NEW POLE VAULT SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER😤
He wins the event, clearing a personal-best 5.26 meters (17-3 ft.) to take down Chase Pavelonis’ 2015 record! 👏
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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MVC CHAMPIONS🏆
For the fifth time in the last six years, the Redbirds take home the title!
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"Our hearts are heavy as we process the loss of a wonderful young man in Austin Rauch. Austin was a loving, caring person that engaged us all with his big smile." - Head Coach Jeff Bovee
Continued ⬇️
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𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐋-𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 🇺🇸
Logan Calvin throws 19.89m (65-3.25) to place sixth overall. He becomes the second Redbird ever to earn First Team All-America Honors in the men’s shot put!
#redbirdTFXC x #NCAATF
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RILEY WELLS IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL 🤯
He clocks the fifth-fastest qualifying time of 1:47.82 in the 800 to advance to Friday’s quarterfinal!
HIS TIME RANKS NO. 2 IN SCHOOL HISTORY!
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REDBIRDS ON TOP🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
For the fifth consecutive season and 10th time overall, the Redbirds are the @MVCsports Outdoor Track & Field Champions!
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BACK ON 🔝
THE REDBIRD WOMEN SECURE THEIR FOURTH-STRAIGHT MVC OUTDOOR TITLE WITH A TOTAL SCORE OF 180 POINTS!
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The Illinois State women are your 2018 MVC Outdoor T&F Champions! They claim both the Indoor and Outdoor Valley titles for the first time since 1997! #BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud
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🚨 NATIONAL QUALIFIER 🚨
Derrius Rodgers runs a time of 6.64, which is ranked 14th in the nation! @D_Rodgers31 #MVCTF @NCAATrackField
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Last night, our community honored the life of Austin Rauch by raising awareness for mental health and suicide prevention.
Through a photo, our student-athletes want to make it clear that anyone can reach out to them as a resource if they are struggling ❤️
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Women's 800m Final: AND ANOTHER ONE!!! @hattie_plumb takes the 2019 MVC Indoor 800-meter women's crown 👑, crossing the finish line first in 2:09.67!
#BackTheBirds #FlyHigh
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🚨 ALL-AMERICAN 🚨
A late kick by @AnsteyJack puts him into 7th place overall with a time of 3:43.73 to take home All-America honors at the #NCAATF Championships!
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𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃! 🤩
Logan Calvin punches his ticket to Eugene with a throw of 19.63m (64-5) at the NCAA West Prelims.
He becomes the first Redbird to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the men's shot put since 2014!
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SHE DID IT AGAIN‼️
Grace Beattie wins the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase with a 17-second personal-best time of 10:02.73🔥 That’s No. 1 in the Valley, No. 2 in school history, No. 5 in the West Region and No. 7 in the NATION🤯
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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SCHOOL RECORD = SHATTERED 💥
@r_hickey15 is the new Illinois State school record holder in the 800m after running a 2:05.06 at IU!
That time is No. 15 in the West Region 🤯
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🚨FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN🚨
Sydney Laufenberg places fifth overall to become the first woman in school history to earn First Team All-America honors in the discus! 👏
#redbirdTFXC #NCAATF
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College Station isn’t ready for these three! 💪💪💪 NCAA Championships, here we come! #BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud
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Ready to race on that 𝙣𝙚𝙬𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙 home track this weekend 🤩
🔴 Redbird Invite
📅 April 1-2
📍 Redbird Track & Field Complex
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.@Jwilk_47 is an MVC Champion!!! 🙌🙌🙌
Congrats, Jordan, on your 2019 MVC Heptathlon Championship!
#BackTheBirds #FlyHigh #RedbirdProud
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D’Jenne Egharevba is your 2018 MVC 100m Champion! Her winning time of 11.43 is a new ISU school record! #BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud
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KYLE MATTES IS GOING DANCING!!!
He becomes the first Redbird in ISU history to individually qualify for the NCAA XC Championships in back-to-back years! 👏👏👏
Read More ➡️ bit.ly/2DzdajT
#BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud @ISURedbirds
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For the first time since 1983-1984, the Redbird women are back-to-back MVC Outdoor Champions!
The ISU women have now won four-straight Valley titles over the last two years between the indoor and outdoor seasons! 🏆🏆🏆
#BackTheBirds #FlyHigh
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BACK-TO-BACK!
Hattie Plumb wins the second 800m indoor title with a time of 2:09.80!
#BackTheBirds | #redbirdTF
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MARSHAUN 👏 COOK 👏
In his first meet in a Redbird uniform, he wins the 60m dash in a time of 6.83 seconds. He's now tied for 𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗛 in school history in the event!
#redbirdTFXC | #WeAreOne
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Coach @jeff_bovee picks up his fourth-straight MVC Women’s Indoor Coach of the Year award 😎
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE FRESHMAN 🤩
@AtleighHamilton posts her second All-Valley performance in the long jump in her first season as a Redbird.
She finishes 🥈 with a jump of 5.85m (19-2.59), which ranks 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇 in school history!
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Mattes places 52nd overall at the 2018 #NCAAXC Championship!
With this mark, Mattes
➡️ Becomes the highest NCAA finisher in ISU men's XC history
➡️ Is the top @MVCsports finisher at today's race
➡️ Breaks the ISU 10K school record
#BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud
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‼️KYLE MATTES HAS OFFICIALLY QUALIFIED FOR THE NCAA DI XC CHAMPIONSHIPS‼️He is the first Redbird to do so since Christian Goy in 2002. 👏👏👏 #RedbirdProud #BackTheBirds
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COACH OF THE YEAR (again) 😎
Jeff Bovee takes home his 12th MVC Track & Field Coach of the Year honors!
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Jack Anstey is going pro 🙌
Congrats to the former Redbird who has signed with @UnderArmour and will be a part of Dark Sky Distance!
#redbirdTFXC | #RB4L
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Jake Gillum is the first MVC Champ of the weekend for the ‘Birds! 🔥 His time of 4:13.91 gives him his first individual Valley championship! 👏
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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Grace Beattie shatters the facility record in the 5,000m with a 29-second personal-best time of 16:06.28🤯 Currently, that’s No. 1 in the Valley, No. 2 in the NCAA West Region and No. 11 in the nation😤
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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‼️SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN‼️
Kameesha Smith ties for 10th in the high jump, clearing 1.76 meters (5-9.25 ft.) to earn her first career indoor All-American honor!👏
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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Kevin Koski places 99th overall with a time of 31:32.5 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships! 👏
#redbirdTFXC #NCAAXC
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AILEY MITCHELL IS AN MVC CHAMPION 🏆
SHE BECOMES THE ‘BIRDS FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE 10K IN 20 YEARS!
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Jack Anstey’s incredible career as a Redbird comes to an end in College Station. The six-time MVC Champ & 1,500m school record holder finished with the 14th-fastest time at 3:40.87!
Congrats on an outstanding career, Jack👏
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🎟TICKET PUNCHED🎟
Kevin Koski makes his first NCAA Cross Country Championships appearance after winning the MVC title last week! He is the 24th men’s runner in school history and first since 2018 to qualify for the NCAA meet👏
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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MVC CHAMP🔥 Riley Wells wins his first MVC title in the 800m, clocking in at 1:52.08!
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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Jack Anstey runs a new Missouri Valley Conference record, clocking in at 3:39.73 in the 1,500m at the Texas Qualifier! 🔥
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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Let's give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Redbird T&F family, Cole Maguire! So excited you'll be joining us! @c_maguire18 #BackTheBirds
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THE BACK-TO-BACK MVC CHAMP IN THE HEPTATHLON AND YOUR NEW SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER: JORDAN WILKERSON😤‼️
#BackTheBirds | #redbirdTF
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And @AnsteyJack is MOVING ON! He finishes fifth in the first heat of the men's 1,500 meter with a time of 3:46.73 to advance to Friday's finals! #NCAATF #FlyinHigh
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🚨 ALL-AMERICAN 🚨
Sydney Laufenberg recorded her best toss of the competition on her first attempt 54.24m (177-11 ) to finish 14th and earn 2nd team All-America honors! #FlyinHigh
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Derrius Rodgers and D'Jenne Egharevba are the first recipients of the #MVCTF Freshman of the Year Award🏆
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THE REDBIRD WOMEN HAVE WON THE 2016 MISSOURI VALLEY INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!
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BACK-TO-BACK😤 Kameesha Smith (@gvldenbanana) wins her second-straight MVC indoor title in the high jump, clearing a personal best of 1.83 meters (6 ft.)! That breaks her school record set earlier this season and is tied for NO. 5 IN THE NATION🔥
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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JACK👏ANSTEY👏
He breaks his school record and his Valley record in the 1,500m for the second time this season, running a personal-best time of 3:39.17! 🔥 Anstey was one of 8️⃣ runners to break the Ole Miss facility record😤
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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It's official. @D_Rodgers31 is on the list! 👌👏😎 College Station here we come!!
MORE: on.ncaa.com/2lXB5xF
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Women’s 1,000m: 🚨 NEW SCHOOL RECORD 🚨 @r_hickey15 is now your school-record holder with a time of 2:49.01, placing third overall! #BackTheBirds #FlyHigh
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🚨 ALL-AMERICAN 🚨
Kameesha Smith tied a personal-best of 1.78m (5-10) to finish in a tie for 12th and earn 2nd team All-America honors as just a sophomore! #FlyinHigh
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The Redbirds are bringing home some hardware after taking down Indiana State in the Double Dual! 🏆🏆🏆 #BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud
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OH MY RACHEL 🤯
@r_hickey15 runs a 4:45.52 in the mile final at the Meyo Invite!
That time leads the MVC and is the THIRD FASTEST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY ‼️
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NEXT STOP: TRACK TOWN, USA
Sydney Laufenberg advances to the NCAA Track & Field Championships in the discus with a personal best and new SCHOOL RECORD throw of 57.62 meters (189-0 ft.)!👏🔥
#redbirdTFXC #NCAATF
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Congrats to Ariana Cranston, your 2018 MVC Outdoor T&F Pole Vault Champion! She cleared 3.79m (12-05.25) to take gold! 🥇🥇🥇 #BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud
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And with two more wins in the men’s and women’s 4x400-meter relays...
The Redbirds are your 2019 Coughlan-Malloy Cup Champs!!!
#BackTheBirds #FlyHigh
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🚨SUB-4 MINUTE MILE🚨
Jack Anstey runs a sub-four minute mile for the second time in his career, clocking in at a season-best 3:59.93 to place second at the Last Chance College Elite Meet!😤
#BackTheBirds | #redbirdTF
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👀 Hey! We know him!!
@D_Rodgers31 was recognized at halftime of the #REDBIRDhoops game for his 2nd team All-American 🏆
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In 1936, Illinois State student Tidye Ann Pickett became the first African American woman to compete in the summer Olympic Games for @TeamUSA, reaching the semi-finals in the 80m hurdles. Happy #OlympicParalympicDay!
#BackTheBirds | #redbirdTF
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COLE MAGUIRE IS THE 400M HURDLES MVC CHAMPION 🙌
The senior clocks a personal best of 51.09 to win the event, becoming the first Redbird to win the men's 400mH title since 1998!
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Quite the #MVCtf debut for @AtleighHamilton 🙌
The freshman takes home All-Valley honors in the women’s long jump with a personal best leap of 5.64m (18-6 ft.)!
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WHAT A WEEKEND FOR @r_hickey15 🤯
She runs 2:07.36 in the 800m at IU to finish fourth out of 34 competitors.
That time ranks 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 in school history!
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MVC CHAMP! 😤 Brandon Gage wins his first individual title in the 400m, clocking in at 49.03 seconds! 👏
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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The Redbirds will be wearing a blue ribbon today in honor of coach McNichols @IndStTrackField #MVCTF
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Left it all out there 👏
The Redbird men finish second with 173.5 total points
Proud of our guys!
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Kevin Koski runs the No. 2 time in school history, placing fifth overall with a time of 14:00.4 in the men’s 5K! 👏
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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Men's 400m Quarterfinals: TICKET 🎟️ PUNCHED 👊!!!!!! Anderson Devonish finishes second in his heat in a personal-best 45.97 to automatically qualify for the 2018 NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships! #BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud
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Brandon Ratliff wins the 110-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 13.94 seconds! He’s the only athlete in the Valley to run sub-14 and with that time ranks No. 1 in the MVC, No. 4 in school history & No. 18 in the NCAA West Region!🔥
#redbirdTFXC #WeAreOne
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"To travel because of running - that's my life's dream."
@r_hickey15 is gearing up for a big weekend with Team USA at the Pan American U20 Championships!
#RedbirdProud #redbirdTF
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