The observe is lighting up on the Huge Ten Observe and Subject Championships–actually. The penultimate meet of the 2025 NCAA indoor season started on Friday morning on the Fall Creek Pavilion in Indianapolis, and only a few hours into the competitors, flames have been noticed on the centre straightaway. In a put up shared on Instagram, meet officers may be seen stomping on the small hearth, in an try and extinguish it.
The flames have been finally put out, leaving a blackened patch throughout lanes 5 and 6 of the eight-lane 60m straightaway. The chaos reportedly unfolded after a charging cellphone caught hearth. “The one that is accountable can’t reply as a result of they don’t have a cellphone anymore… in all probability,” one touch upon the Instagram put up learn. Others are additionally making gentle of the state of affairs, joking, “The Huge 10 Championship is formally underway and the observe is already on hearth.”
Apparently a cellphone charger caught hearth on the observe on the Huge Ten Indoor Champs.
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The 60m and 60m hurdles semi-final occasions have been reseeded to keep away from the 2 scorched lanes, putting solely six athletes in every warmth as an alternative of eight. The rearrangement would require the occasion’s remaining on Saturday to have two sections, as an alternative of 1.
Will Savannah Sutherland break the Canadian document?
Borden, Sask.’s 400m hurdles star Savannah Sutherland challenged her personal Canadian indoor 400m document in Friday’s Huge Ten prelims, clocking 51.77 to fall wanting the mark by a mere 0.17 seconds. Her efficiency marks the quickest 400m by a Canadian this yr. The College of Michigan athlete heads into Saturday’s convention remaining with the quickest seed; two-time nationwide U20 champion Ella Clayton of Calgary will be part of her on the road.