Derek Drouin won his fourth Big Ten outdoor high jump championship this past weekend and was named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year for the fifth time. The IU release follows. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana’s Derek Drouin is the Big Ten Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year. The award is the fifth Big Ten [...]

Andy Bayer became just the third runner in Big Ten history to win titles in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters at the conference championship meet, joining former Indiana stars Bob Kennedy and Jim Spivey. Emma Kimoto also won the women’s high jump. Derek Drouin won the men’s high jump on Saturday to give Indiana [...]

Derek Drouin is winding down his Indiana career and continuing his dominance of the high jump. On Saturday, he won his fourth Big Ten outdoor championship and seventh overall Big Ten title, leaping 7 feet, 4 1/4 inches before calling it a day to prepare for hurdles. The release from IU follows. Drouin Wins 7th [...]

Indiana senior high jumper Derek Drouin claimed his third NCAA indoor championship and his fourth national title overall on Saturday, posting a personal record leap of 7 feet, 8 1/2 inches (2.35 meters). He cleared that bar and everyone before it without a miss before finally hitting the bar three times at 7-9 3/4 (2.38 [...]

Indiana’s Derek Drouin finished in a three-way tie for third place in the Olympic high jump to earn a bronze medal in the event. Drouin, competing for Canada, cleared 2.29 meters (approximately 7 feet, 6 inches) without a miss but failed on all three attempts at 2.33 meter (7-7 3/4). That performance matched those of [...]

Indiana rising senior high jumper Derek Droun, competing for Canada, cleared 7-foot-6 to become one of 14 jumpers to reach the finals in the Olympic high jump. The release from Indiana athletics follows. LONDON, England – Derek Drouin extended his Olympic experience two more days, advancing through the qualifying round to Tuesday’s finals in the [...]

Indiana star Andy Bayer used a strong kick on the final straightaway to get fourth place in the Olympic Trials at 1500 meters. That still left him one spot short of an Olympic spot and he was never dangerously close to the third spot, but his time of 3 minutes, 37.24 seconds was a personal [...]