Track & Field Set to Host Ball State Challenge this Weekend

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Track & Field Set to Host Ball State Challenge this Weekend

April 13, 2017 | Track & Field

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MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State outdoor track & field team returns to action this weekend when it hosts the Ball State Challenge Friday and Saturday at University Track in the Briner Sports Complex. Competition begins at 1 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday with FREE admission for all fans wishing to attend.

After competing in limited events in each of the first three outdoor meets, a majority of the Cardinals' student-athletes will be in action this weekend in the program's lone home meet of the outdoor campaign.

A total of eight men's team and 11 women's teams will be competing this weekend at the Briner Sports Complex. Joining Ball State are: Albion College (M &W), Butler (M & W), Eastern Michigan (W), Fort Wayne (M & W), Indiana Tech (M & W), IUPUI (M & W), Marian (M & W), Toledo (M & W), UIndy (M & W) and Western Michigan (W).

Fans unable to attend the meet can follow the action with live results at the following link: http://results.deltatiming.com/tf/2017-ball-state-challenge

BALL STATE NEWS & NOTES:
- Entering the fourth meet of the outdoor season, Ball State's student-athletes have already accumulated six individual event wins and 31 career-best performances.

- Leading the way for the Cardinals entering the Ball State Challenge is sophomore Regan Lewis who cleared a career best outdoor height of 1.70m to place second in the high jump at the Raleigh Relays (March 24) … The effort currently ranks fifth in the Mid-American Conference and 38th on the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round qualifying list.

- Thanks to her MAC Championship automatic qualifying mark of 1.70m in the high jump at the Raleigh Relays (March 24), Regan Lewis was named the Mid-American Conference Field Athlete of the Week … She is the first Ball State track & field student-athlete to earn MAC weekly honors this season.

- With a time of 12.08 in the 100m dash at the Raleigh Relays (March 24), sophomore Peyton Stewart enters the week ranked seventh in the conference in the event.

- Freshman Brooke Talhelm enters the week as the program leader in three different events … She ranks eighth in the conference with a career-fast 800m dash time of 2:13.79 set at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (April 1) … Her career-fast 1500m run time of 4:35.44 set at the Raleigh Relays (March 24) is ninth in the MAC, while she also leads the team in the 3000m run with a career-best effort of 10:19.28 at the Stan Lyons Invitational (March 18).

- Brooke Talhelm's time of 4:35.44 in the 1500m run at the Raleigh Relays (March 24) is the fastest for a Ball State runner in the event since Mary-Kate Mellen clocked a time of 4:28.77 to place fifth at the 2013 MAC Outdoor Championships.

- 2017 Mid-American Conference 60m hurdles indoor champion sophomore Jazmin Smith enters the Ball State Challenge ranked 11th in the MAC in the 100m hurdles with a season-best time of 14.16 set at the Raleigh Relays (March 24) … Smith owns a career-best 100m hurdles time of 14.10 set at last season's Billy Hayes Invitational (May 6).

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