Five issues to know: Badgers put together for Big Ten Championships

MADISON, Wis – The Wisconsin ladies’s monitor and discipline group will head to Indianapolis for the Indoor Track Big Ten Championships this weekend. The exercise is ready to start at 10:20 a.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 26 and end the night of Saturday, Feb.28. 

Fans seeking to observe together with the meet can watch it reside on Big Ten Plus or observe the reside outcomes with the hyperlink here. The stream hyperlinks are connected for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays motion. Viewers may also have the ability to take a look at reside updates on the @BadgerTrackXC Instagram and X pages all through the three days of motion. 

The meet schedule and data will be discovered here.

1. NATTY CHAMP RETURNS: The 2025 NCAA Indoor weight throw champion Taylor Kesner seems so as to add one other trophy to her assortment this weekend. Kesner gained the load throw at NCAA Championships, with a throw of 77-1 ¼ (23.50m), rating her No.2 of all time within the UW indoor file guide. Last 12 months, senior Chloe Lindman completed in third on the Big Ten Championships, throwing 73-3 ¼ (22.33m) and sixth on the NCAA Championships. Kesner has had a profitable indoor season this 12 months, profitable three of 5 weight throw competitions she competed in. 

2. THROWING BIG: Nora Skoraczewski and Zonica Lindeque have helped cleared the path for Wisconsin throwers each incomes UW top-ten marks final weekend on the Panther Tune-Up in Milwaukee. Nora Skoraczewski gained the load throw in Milwaukee, with a heave of 66-6 ¼ (20.25m), shifting her to No. 9 within the Wisconsin file guide. The sophomore has earned podium finishes in 4 of six meets she has competed in. Zonica Lindeque gained the shot put on the Panther Tune-Up with a toss of 54-11 ¼ (16.74m), shifting her from No. 8 to No. 5 on the UW top-10 listing. In three of her 4 meets she competed in for shot put, she gained. Skoraczewski and Lindeque will look to construct on this success in Indianapolis this weekend. 

3, FABULOUS FRESHMAN: Freshman Luciana Aizpurua has had a sizzling season to date, bringing her into the Badger file guide two totally different occasions. At her most up-to-date race, The Jarvis Scott Invite, Aizpurua ran her private greatest within the 60 meters, sprinting the gap in 7.48, shifting her to No. 5 within the indoor file guide. Aizpurua is ready to compete within the 60 meters and 200 meters this weekend. 

4. GOING THE DISTANCE: Five distance runners will make the journey right down to Indianapolis, together with Kylie Finger, Bella Jacobsen, Zaira Malloy-Salgado, Sara Mlodik and Leané Willemse. Finger and Willemse earned UW top-ten marks at their final meet within the 5000 meters, the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, operating their private bests. Finger completed first in her warmth with a time of 15:50.00, clocking the No.6 time in class historical past. Following Finger, Willemse took third in her warmth, setting a six-second PR with a time of 15:59.41. This mark ranks No.8 in class historical past. Mlodik has additionally had a profitable season, profitable the 5000 meters on the Badger Windy City Invite, operating her private greatest with a time of 16:30.73 and ending because the runner-up within the 3000 meters on the Penn Elite, protecting the monitor in 9:34.98. At the Windy City Invite, Jacobsen gained the mile, operating her private greatest, 4:54.26. Capping off the gap runners, Malloy-Salgado completed in fifth within the 3000 meters on the Blue Demon Alumni Classic, operating the 3k in 9:42.49. The distance runners will look to kick it up a notch in Indianapolis this weekend. 

5. UP NEXT: Wisconsin will wrap up the indoor season on the 2026 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, March 13-14 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.