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Bulldogs Have Record-Breaking Effort At Indiana

Butler's track and field team travelled to Bloomington, Ind., this weekend for Indiana University's two-day indoor Opener meet at Gladstein Fieldhouse, bringing home a handful of wins and shattering two school records in the process. 

Junior All-American Mara Olson smashed Butler's indoor record in the 3000m run, clocking 9:11.86 in her race on Friday and just missing the fieldhouse record of 9:08.42. Olson's time gave her not only an individual win but also the current lead in the NCAA for this indoor year. 

"That's been one of my dream goals coming into Butler," Olson said, "to at one point have a record, so I was ecstatic. I'm sure it'll be broken soon - I hope it's broken soon - but it feels really good. 

"It's an excellent way to go into winter break, with high confidence and high motivation to get me through the cold weeks."

Along with Olson's record run, the men's 1600m relay also set a new school record. Seniors Andrew Wallace, Alex Berry, Nigel Spears and Matt Schumacker ran 3:21.42, taking down the previous record from 2011.

In the men's individual races, Berry won the 500m dash with a time of 1:05.49 while Wallace was fourth in a time of 1:06.04. Senior Tom Anderson also took home an individual title, clocking 8:16.14 in the 3000m run and leading Butler to four of the top six spots. Sophomore Erik Peterson was second with a time of 8:20.28 and senior Harry Ellis finished in fourth with a time of 8:28.29, while junior James Martin just missed a top-five finish, coming in sixth in 8:29.84.

Sophomore Keigan Culler clocked 4:29.47 in the men's mile, good for third place. In the 1000m run, sophomore Luke Zygmunt just missed the top five, clocking 2:28.38 for sixth place.

For the women, junior newcomer Katie Good was runner-up in the mile run with a time of 5:00.43. Following Olson in the 3000m run, senior Shelbi Burnett and freshman Alex Van Hoof finished fourth and fifth, clocking 10:09.19 and 10:17.97, respectively.

Both teams will be on hiatus for the rest of the year and will return to the track in 2014 at the Illini Open on January 12.

 
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Players Mentioned

Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson

Distance
Senior
Alex Berry

Alex Berry

Sprints
Senior
Keigan Culler

Keigan Culler

Distance
Sophomore
Harry Ellis

Harry Ellis

Distance
Senior
James Martin

James Martin

Distance
Junior
Erik Peterson

Erik Peterson

Distance
Sophomore
Nigel Spears

Nigel Spears

Sprints/Jumps
Senior
Andrew Wallace

Andrew Wallace

Middle Distance
Senior
Luke Zygmunt

Luke Zygmunt

Middle Distance
Sophomore
Shelbi Burnett

Shelbi Burnett

Middle Distance
Senior
Katie Good

Katie Good

Distance
Junior
Mara Olson

Mara Olson

Middle Distance
Junior

Players Mentioned

Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson

Senior
Distance
Alex Berry

Alex Berry

Senior
Sprints
Keigan Culler

Keigan Culler

Sophomore
Distance
Harry Ellis

Harry Ellis

Senior
Distance
James Martin

James Martin

Junior
Distance
Erik Peterson

Erik Peterson

Sophomore
Distance
Nigel Spears

Nigel Spears

Senior
Sprints/Jumps
Andrew Wallace

Andrew Wallace

Senior
Middle Distance
Luke Zygmunt

Luke Zygmunt

Sophomore
Middle Distance
Shelbi Burnett

Shelbi Burnett

Senior
Middle Distance
Katie Good

Katie Good

Junior
Distance
Mara Olson

Mara Olson

Junior
Middle Distance
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