Gladstein Fieldhouse


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. 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. 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 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 in the Fieldhouse before the construction of Assembly Hall.
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. 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.
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. 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 Big Ten Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships and five Big Ten Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Track and field facility records

The track and field records for the facility are as follows:
EventMarkAthleteTeamDate
Men's 60 meter hurdles7.51Terrence TrammelDoyle Mgmt2/17/2006
Women's 60 meter hurdles8.02Perdita FelicienUniversity of Illinois3/02/2003
Men's 60 meter dash6.58Terrence TrammelDoyle Mgmt2/17/2007
Ryan ShieldsO.F.F. Track Club1/30/2010
Women's 60 meter dash7.21Rachelle BooneIndiana University3/1/2003
Men's 200 meter dash21.17John StoryIndiana State University1989
Women's 200 meter dash23.24Holli HycheIndiana State University2/19/1993
Men's 400 meter dash46.39Antonio McKayGeorgia Tech1985
Women's 400 meter dash52.23Mary WinebergNike-Indiana1/25/2008
Men's 600 meters1:16.28Lesiba MashetoUniversity of Illinois2/25/2007
Women's 600 meters1:29.16Molly BeckwithIndiana University1/24/2009
Men's 800 meters1:47.82Boaz LalangRend Lake College2/1/2008
Women's 800 meters2:03.01Molly BeckwithSaucony2/12/2011
Men's 1000 meters2:22.08Owen HamiltonSchul Racing1984
Men's Mile3:56.17Jim SpiveyAthletics West1984
Women's Mile4:31.37Andre EverettPurdue University1986
Men's 3000 meters7:48.35Andrew BayerIndiana University1/21/2011
Women's 3000 meters9:08.42Stephanie HerbstUniversity of Wisconsin1986
Men's 5000 meters13:39.54Diego EstradaNorthern Arizona University12/9/2011
Women's 5000 meters15:57.1Michelle DekkersIndiana University1/21/1989
Men's High Jump2.31 metersMark ReedUniversity of Houston1988
Women's High Jump1.87 metersConnie TeaberryGoldwin Track Club2/6/1993
Men's Long Jump8.26 metersCharlton EhizuelenUniversity of Illinois3/7/1975
Women's Long Jump6.48 metersRose RichmondIndiana University2003
Hyless FountainNike2/11/2011
Men's Triple Jump16.89 metersJan CadoNorth Central1989
Women's Triple Jump13.0 metersTania LongeUnknown2/28/1997
Men's Pole Vault5.66 metersMark BuseIndiana University2/12/1994
Women's Pole Vault4.21 metersNatalya BartnovskayaVincennes University1/29/2011
Mackenzie FieldsUniversity of Cincinnati2/11/2011
Men's Shot Put21.38 metersMike LehmanUniversity of Illinois1982
Women's Shot Put18.00 metersFaith SherrillIndiana University1/8/2011
Men's Weight Throw23.36 metersCory MartinNike1/23/2010
Women's Weight Throw24.57Brittany RileySouthern Illinois University1/26/2007
Men's 4x400 meter relay3:11.07UnknownUniversity of Minnesota2/27/2007
Women's 4x400 meter relay3:38.89UnknownUniversity of Illinois2/3/2007
Men's 4x800 meter relay7:30.50UnknownMurray State University1978
Women's 4x800 meter relay8:49.71UnknownIndiana University1988
Men's Distance Medley Relay9:30.78Stockberger, Vaughn, Holahan, BayerIndiana University2/11/2011
Women's Distance Medley Relay11:29.93McCarthy, Vallar, Caldwell, KinneyGrand Valley State University1/29/2011
Heptathlon5861 pointsJake ArnoldAsics3/7/2010
Pentathlon4544 pointsDiane PicklerAsics3/6/2010