SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri State track and field team travel to conference rival Indiana State for the John Gartland Invitational to take the next step in the indoor season, on Saturday Jan. 19, starting at noon.   
 

John Gartland Invitational
Dates	Sat., Jan. 19
Location	Terre Haute, Ind.
Site	Indiana State University North Gym
Sat., Jan. 19	12 p.m.
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Keeping Track of the Bears

• The Bears last competed in Terre Haute, Ind. during the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championship, scoring the most team points in nine years (106), taking fifth place.
• Last time out, the Bears set multiple personal bests at the Arkansas Invitational, led by Sidne' Williamson who took first place in the long jump.
• Williamson extended her personal best for the second straight meet, with a 5.93-meter jump in Arkansas.
• The Bears are sending 24 athletes to Indiana with the first field event being shot put, following the weight throw. Running events will begin at 1:15 p.m. with the mile run.
• A new era in Bears track and field has commenced, with interim head coach Jordan Fife taking the reins, along with assistant coaches Carmelita Jeter and Jake Brydson.
• Fife came to MSU in 2014 and has been the Bears head cross country coach for the past five seasons, while also serving as an assistant track and field coach.
• MSU enters the indoor season picked fifth the Missouri Valley Conference pre-season poll.