The 2011 season built off the success of the prior season, securing a runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships and a seventh place finish at the NCAA Championships for the men’s team. The men's cross country team took seventh at NCAAs and second at Big Tens, with Andrew Poore finishing as an All-American and Bayer placing second at the Big Ten meet. The 2010 was one of Helmer’s most successful seasons with Indiana. The team of Wendi Robinson, Sarah Pease, Chelsea Blanchard, Helene Delone and Caitlin Engel finished 31st. In 2009 the The Indiana women advanced to the NCAA Championships in cross country for the first time since 2004. Robinson later qualified for the NCAA Championships, where she earned All-America honors in 28th-place. In 2008, Helmer had two of his pupils earn All- Big Ten honors, in Wendi Robinson and McLeod. The team, which included three true freshmen, was led by junior Tim McLeod, placed 28th overall as a team after a fourth place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. The first season for the Hoosiers under Helmer produced an NCAA appearance from the men’s side. The 2022-2023 will be his final season coaching Cross Country and Track and Field following over 50 years of experience in the sport. Ron Helmer enters his 16th season as the Indiana Director and Head Coach of Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country after being named to the position on May 25, 2007.