Gladstein Fieldhouse

Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse
Former names	New Fieldhouse
Location	1101 E 17th Street ; Bloomington, Indiana 47408
Owner	Indiana University
Operator	Indiana University
Capacity	9,000 (approx., former)
Surface	Mondo-surface banked track, Mondo Super-X infield
Construction
Broke ground	1958
Opened	1960
Construction cost	$1,694,725
Tenants
	Indiana Hoosiers ; (track & field - current); (basketball - 1960–1971)

Last updated January 24, 2023

The Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse, also known as the New Fieldhouse, is an indoor track and field complex on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. From 1960 to 1971 it also served as the home of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.

History

The Fieldhouse was originally planned to be a state-of-the-art modern basketball arena for the school's basketball team, which had been playing at the Old IU Fieldhouse.^[1] However, as the project's commencement dragged on, the allocated money was redirected to a new football stadium. As a result, the plans were revised to be an interim basketball facility that would be handed over to other sports after a suitable permanent basketball arena was constructed.^[1] The Fieldhouse cost $1,694,725 to build and was opened in 1960 along with Memorial Stadium as part of the school's new athletic plant. Although it was initially planned to host basketball games for just a few years, Indiana's NCAA probation (due to football violations) set the university back financially. Moreover, after coach Branch McCracken retired, the basketball team fell on hard times. As a result, the basketball team spent eleven years (until 1971) in the Fieldhouse before the construction of Assembly Hall.^[1]

The New Fieldhouse was host to the two greatest scoring games in Indiana basketball history when Jimmy Rayl scored 56 points against Minnesota on January 27, 1962, and then scored another 56 against Michigan State on February 23, 1963.^[1] The first game was an Indiana win over Indiana State 80-53 on December 3, 1960. The last game was a 103-87 season-ending loss to Illinois on March 13, 1971.^[1]

In the summer of 1972, a Tartan track surface was installed at a cost of $280,000. In 1997, the fieldhouse was renamed for Harry Gladstein, a 1931 graduate and former student manager for the track team. His family's $1 million donation allowed for a Mondo Super-X surface to be installed in the fieldhouse.^[2] In 2006, a Mondo-surface banked track was installed in the fieldhouse. This track had previously been installed in the RCA Dome and used for the inaugural 1987 IAAF Indoor World Championships and the NCAA Division I and II indoor track championships held annually through 1999.

The Fieldhouse also played host to the NIKE Indoor High School Track & Field Championship in 2000 and has hosted five (1975, 1982, 1990, 2000, 2007) Big Ten Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships and five (1982, 1986, 1993, 2003, 2009) Big Ten Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Track and field facility records

The track and field records for the facility are as follows:^[3]

Event	Mark	Athlete	Team	Date
Men's 60 meter hurdles	7.51	Terrence Trammel	Doyle Mgmt	2/17/2006
Women's 60 meter hurdles	8.02	Perdita Felicien	University of Illinois	3/02/2003
Men's 60 meter dash	6.58	Terrence Trammel	Doyle Mgmt	2/17/2007
		Ryan Shields	O.F.F. Track Club	1/30/2010
Women's 60 meter dash	7.17	Javianne Oliver	Unattached	12/8/2017
Men's 200 meter dash	20.86	Christian Coleman	University of Tennessee	1/7/2017
Women's 200 meter dash	23.20	Felicia Brown	University of Tennessee	1/9/2016
Men's 400 meter dash	46.39	Antonio McKay	Georgia Tech	1985
Women's 400 meter dash	52.23	Mary Wineberg	Nike-Indiana	1/25/2008
Men's 600 meters	1:15.88	Daniel Kuhn	Indiana University	1/28/2017
Women's 600 meters	1:27.78	Heather Dorniden	University of Minnesota	3/1/2009
Men's 800 meters	1:47.03	Daniel Kuhn	Indiana University	1/21/2017
Women's 800 meters	2:02.88	Kelsey Harris	Unattached	2/6/2021
Men's 1000 meters	2:21.03	Kris Gauson	Butler University	12/9/2011
Men's Mile	3:56.17	Jim Spivey	Athletics West	1984
Women's Mile	4:31.37	Andre Everett	Purdue University	1986
Men's 3000 meters	7:48.35	Andrew Bayer	Indiana University	1/21/2011
Women's 3000 meters	9:08.42	Stephanie Herbst	University of Wisconsin	1986
Men's 5000 meters	13:38.87	Marc Scott	University of Tulsa	12/9/2016
Women's 5000 meters	15:34.53	Alicia Monson	University of Wisconsin	1/26/2019
Men's High Jump	2.31 meters	Mark Reed	University of Houston	1988
Women's High Jump	1.87 meters	Connie Teaberry	Goldwin Track Club	2/6/1993
Men's Long Jump	8.26 meters	Charlton Ehizuelen	University of Illinois	3/7/1975
Women's Long Jump	6.48 meters	Rose Richmond	Indiana University	2003
		Hyless Fountain	Nike	2/11/2011
Men's Triple Jump	16.89 meters	Jan Cado	North Central	1989
Women's Triple Jump	13.0 meters	Tania Longe	Unknown	2/28/1997
Men's Pole Vault	5.66 meters	Mark Buse	Indiana University	2/12/1994
Women's Pole Vault	4.21 meters	Natalya Bartnovskaya	Vincennes University	1/29/2011
		Mackenzie Fields	University of Cincinnati	2/11/2011
Men's Shot Put	21.38 meters	Mike Lehman	University of Illinois	1982
Women's Shot Put	18.00 meters	Faith Sherrill	Indiana University	1/8/2011
Men's Weight Throw	23.36 meters	Cory Martin	Nike	1/23/2010
Women's Weight Throw	24.57	Brittany Riley	Southern Illinois University	1/26/2007
Men's 4x400 meter relay	3:11.07	Unknown	University of Minnesota	2/27/2007
Women's 4x400 meter relay	3:38.89	Unknown	University of Illinois	2/3/2007
Men's 4x800 meter relay	7:30.50	Unknown	Murray State University	1978
Women's 4x800 meter relay	8:49.71	Unknown	Indiana University	1988
Men's Distance Medley Relay	9:30.78	Stockberger, Vaughn, Holahan, Bayer	Indiana University	2/11/2011
Women's Distance Medley Relay	11:29.93	McCarthy, Vallar, Caldwell, Kinney	Grand Valley State University	1/29/2011
Heptathlon	5861 points	Jake Arnold	Asics	3/7/2010
Pentathlon	4544 points	Diane Pickler	Asics	3/6/2010

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Hiner, Jason (2005). Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia . United States: Sports Publishing. pp. 446. ISBN 1-58261-655-8.
↑ Bikoff, Ken (14 February 2010). "TheHoosier - The Forgotten Fieldhouse". indiana.rivals.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
↑ "Facility (Gladstein Fieldhouse) Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

External links

Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse - IUHoosiers.com

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[Hiner-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Hiner, Jason (2005). Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia . United States: Sports Publishing. pp. 446. ISBN 1-58261-655-8.

[2] Bikoff, Ken (14 February 2010). "TheHoosier - The Forgotten Fieldhouse". indiana.rivals.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[3] "Facility (Gladstein Fieldhouse) Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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