Derek Drouin once again climbed to the top of the NCAA awards stand in the high jump. The senior won his fourth NCAA title, clearing a new Canadian national record.
Drouin became the first ever three-time NCAA indoor high jump champion, clearing 2.35m (7-8.5) to set a new Canadian indoor record and tie the all-time record for his home country. The jump is the second-best ever by a collegiate, is the best by a collegiate since 1990 and is just two centimeters off the collegiate record held by Hollis Conway. Drouin cleared seven bars in the competition, all on first attempts, and was 2.5 inches better than the field. He bettered London Olympic silver medalist Erik Kynard of Kansas State in the competition and broke Kynard's facility record at the Randal Tyson Track Center. Kynard took third at 2.29m (7-6). Mississippi State's Marcus Jackson was second, also clearing 2.29m. The field was one of the best in meet history, as the top seven all cleared 2.26m (7-5), which would have won the meet in 2012.
Drouin won his third title indoors and his fourth overall, becoming Indiana's second four-time NCAA champion, joining Bob Kennedy, who won two cross country titles, an indoor crown and an outdoor crown. Drouin added 10 points for the IU cause, and has now scored 56 points in his career at NCAA Championships, surpassing Jim Spivey for second-most in IU history. Drouin is now a four-time indoor All-American in the high jump and a six-time All-American in the event overall. He joins Andy Bayer, who on day one of the meet became IU's first ever four-time All-American in a single event, taking fourth on IU's distance medley relay.
