Hughes Wins Gold in 200m on Final Day at BIG EAST Indoor Championships
Junior sprinter also won bronze in 60m final
CHICAGO – Marquette University track & field competed on the final day of the 2025 BIG EAST Indoor Championships on Saturday.
Aaron Hughes won gold in the 200m with a program record 21.37 second race. The junior also won bronze in the 60m earlier in the day at 6.83 seconds.
Hughes is the first Golden Eagle since Joe Keys to win gold at the conference indoor championships. Keys won gold in the heptathlon in 2022.
Annika Bynum won bronze in the high jump clearing 1.73m, her second-straight third-place finish at the indoor conference championships.
Julia Beck ran an 8.81 second 60h in the finals to finish fifth, the second-best time in program history.
Daylee Braden finished fifth in the 800m final, running a 2:07.78.
Gus Kasun was fourth in the heptathlon with a total of 4,982 points, the sixth-best mark in program history. Cole Donahe finished fifth in the heptathlon with 4,447 points, the ninth-best total in program history.
2025 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL STANDINGS
MEN
1.UConn – 236.5
2.Villanova – 113
3.DePaul – 90
4.Georgetown – 77
5.Providence – 56.5
6.Butler – 53
7.Marquette – 51
8.Creighton – 9
9.Xavier – 6
WOMEN
1.UConn – 189
2.Georgetown – 112
3.St. John’s – 93
4.DePaul – 91
5.Villanova – 85
6.Providence – 56
7.Marquette – 42
8.Butler – 25
9.Xavier – 6
10.Creighton – 1
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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