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Heath Baldwin is NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships Bound
2/28/2024 1:43:00 PM | Track and Field
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State graduate student Heath Baldwin was selected to compete in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Boston, Mass. in two weeks' time on Friday and Saturday, March 8-9.
The Kalamazoo, Mich. native will represent the Spartans in the heptathlon, a seven-event competition between some of the nation's most well-rounded athletes. Baldwin qualifies for his second consecutive NCAA Indoor Championship and his sixth NCAA Championship overall between indoor and outdoor seasons.
Baldwin holds the nation's 12th-best heptathlon score this season at 5,899 points in his lone attempt this season at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite, which he won on Jan. 27. He forwent competing in the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships heptathlon over Feb. 23-24 to hone in on select events in preparation for nationals.
The 2023 Michigan State University George Alderton Male Athlete of the Year winner, like every season in his decorated collegiate career, has shown consistent progress over the course of the season.
At Big Tens Baldwin broke MSU school record for the 60m hurdles on consecutive days, landing on the podium in the finals at 7.81 seconds. The meet before that he set a PR in the long jump to win the event at the Windy City Invite at 7.36m. The competition prior, in his heptathlon win in Louisville, Baldwin PRed in the 60m dash and broke the facility record for the heptathlon shot put.
Michigan State's last national champion was Leah O'Connor in the mile in 2015 as Baldwin could be the program's first male national champion in 52 years and first ever multis champion. Baldwin finished 7th at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships last March and most recently 5th in the decathlon at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships in June.
Just missing out on qualification for the NCAA Indoor Championships, only granted to the season's top 16 marks in each event was senior Ryan Talbot (19th, heptathlon), graduate student Lauren Freeland (19th, mile) and sophomore Natalie Blake (30th, pole vault).
Baldwin will compete in the 60-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump on Friday, March 8 and the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1,000-meter finale on Saturday, the 9th at The TRACK at New Balance.
The Kalamazoo, Mich. native will represent the Spartans in the heptathlon, a seven-event competition between some of the nation's most well-rounded athletes. Baldwin qualifies for his second consecutive NCAA Indoor Championship and his sixth NCAA Championship overall between indoor and outdoor seasons.
Baldwin holds the nation's 12th-best heptathlon score this season at 5,899 points in his lone attempt this season at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite, which he won on Jan. 27. He forwent competing in the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships heptathlon over Feb. 23-24 to hone in on select events in preparation for nationals.
The 2023 Michigan State University George Alderton Male Athlete of the Year winner, like every season in his decorated collegiate career, has shown consistent progress over the course of the season.
At Big Tens Baldwin broke MSU school record for the 60m hurdles on consecutive days, landing on the podium in the finals at 7.81 seconds. The meet before that he set a PR in the long jump to win the event at the Windy City Invite at 7.36m. The competition prior, in his heptathlon win in Louisville, Baldwin PRed in the 60m dash and broke the facility record for the heptathlon shot put.
Michigan State's last national champion was Leah O'Connor in the mile in 2015 as Baldwin could be the program's first male national champion in 52 years and first ever multis champion. Baldwin finished 7th at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships last March and most recently 5th in the decathlon at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships in June.
Just missing out on qualification for the NCAA Indoor Championships, only granted to the season's top 16 marks in each event was senior Ryan Talbot (19th, heptathlon), graduate student Lauren Freeland (19th, mile) and sophomore Natalie Blake (30th, pole vault).
Baldwin will compete in the 60-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump on Friday, March 8 and the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1,000-meter finale on Saturday, the 9th at The TRACK at New Balance.
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