Friday, March 8
Boston, Mass.
Michigan State University
at
NCAA Indoor Championships
Baldwin Ready for NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships Starting Friday
3/7/2024 10:32:00 AM | Track and Field
BOSTON, Mass. – Michigan State graduate student Heath Baldwin will compete in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships between Friday and Saturday, March 8-9 at The TRACK at New Balance.
Meet Info | Live Results | Friday Live Stream (ESPN+) | Saturday Live Stream (ESPN+)
The Kalamazoo, Mich. native will represent the Spartans in the heptathlon, a seven-event competition between 16 of the nation's most well-rounded athletes. Baldwin qualified 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.
This will be the first NCAA Championship hosted at The TRACK at New Balance, which was opened in 2022 and features a 200m banked track with an arena seating capacity of over 5,000 fans.
Heptathlon Schedule
Friday, March 8
9:30 AM - 60m Dash
10:30 AM - Long Jump
11:45 AM - Shot Put
1:15 PM - High Jump
Saturday, March 9
10:30 AM - 60m Hurdles
11:30 AM - Pole Vault
3:30 PM - 1,000m
Meet Info | Live Results | Friday Live Stream (ESPN+) | Saturday Live Stream (ESPN+)
The Kalamazoo, Mich. native will represent the Spartans in the heptathlon, a seven-event competition between 16 of the nation's most well-rounded athletes. Baldwin qualified 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.
This will be the first NCAA Championship hosted at The TRACK at New Balance, which was opened in 2022 and features a 200m banked track with an arena seating capacity of over 5,000 fans.
Heptathlon Schedule
Friday, March 8
9:30 AM - 60m Dash
10:30 AM - Long Jump
11:45 AM - Shot Put
1:15 PM - High Jump
Saturday, March 9
10:30 AM - 60m Hurdles
11:30 AM - Pole Vault
3:30 PM - 1,000m
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