LIVE RESULTS: DEPAUW / ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
VIDEO (11 CT-3 CT): ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
HEAT SHEETS: DEPAUW / ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology hits the road for a pair of meets this weekend. Team members will either compete at DePauw University on Friday night or Illinois Wesleyan University on Saturday afternoon.
Rose-Hulman News & Notes:
* The men's track and field team enters the weekend with a 16-1 dual meet record this season.
* The women's track and field team enters the weekend with a 15-2 dual meet record this season.
* Both teams are ranked in the latest USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region rankings. The men stand at No. 3, behind Otterbein and Mount Union, and the women are No. 11 in the region.
* Two Rose-Hulman student-athletes are the current HCAC Athletes of the Week. Lauren London won the Women's Field weekly honor; and Nick Palmer was the Men's Field weekly winner.
* Two Fightin' Engineers have earned multiple HCAC Athlete of the Week awards this season. Eric Fiacable has earned two Men's Field Athlete of the Week awards, while Lauren London has been named HCAC Track and HCAC Field Athlete of the Week once each.
* Rose-Hulman won the HCAC "Double Triple Crown" in 2018. The Fightin' Engineers swept the HCAC men's and women's team championships in cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field to accomplish the feat.
* Rose-Hulman enters the 2019 indoor track and field season with 19 consecutive Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference team championships. The men have won 11 consecutive HCAC outdoor championships and 8 straight HCAC indoor titles.
* The women's program earned its second indoor and first outdoor HCAC team championship in 2018. The only previous team track and field title for the Rose-Hulman women came during the 2011 indoor season.
* Since joining the HCAC in 2006, Rose-Hulman student-athletes have combined to win 223 HCAC individual and relay event championships.
* Returning 2018 HCAC indoor event champions for this season include: Clare Bruns (4-x-400 relay); Lois Cheatham (4-x-400 relay); Lauren London (60-meter hurdles and long jump); Adekite Oladipupo (4-x-200 relay); Aaron Lannoy (800-meter run); and Matthew Stevenot (3,000-meter run)
The Competition:
* The Friday meet at DePauw University begins at 6 p.m.
* The Saturday meet at Illinois Wesleyan begins at 11 a.m. Central Time.
Upcoming Action:
* After this weekend's action, Rose-Hulman will return to DePauw for an Invitational on Saturday Feb. 9.
