Track & Field Hosts BSU Quadrangular Friday

Indoor Track & Field Opens 2011 Campaign Saturday

February 17, 2011 | Track & Field

By: Ball State Athletics

MUNCIE, Ind. - - In its final tune-up before the 2011 Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, the Ball State indoor track & field team will host the Ball State Quadrangular Friday at 5 p.m. in the Field Sports Building.

In addition to the Cardinals, Northern Illinois, Miami and Western Michigan will compete in the four-team scored event. Scoring will be based on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale, with only two participants from each school able to score in an event.

Ball State has placed second in its annual home meet each of the last two seasons, while Western Michigan has won the quadrangular the past two years.

Entering the meet, freshman multi-event specialist Rebecca Lomax (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport H.S.) continues to lead the MAC in the high jump with her season-best effort of 5-8.75 set at the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational (Jan. 29). The height is also the fourth-best individual effort in program history and just an inch lower than the school record of 5-9.75 held by both Susan Setlack (2000) and Ashley Gillies (2002).

In the long jump, senior Thekla Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany) turned in a season-best leap of 18-10.75 at the Meyo Invite (Feb. 4-5), which is currently the eighth-best effort in the MAC.

Both Lomax and Lorenz rank in the top 20 in the pentathlon at ninth (3158) and 12th (2845), respectively.

Senior Ra'Jae Marable (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer H.S.) is BSU's holds the No. 7 slot in the 60m hurdles with her season-fast time of 8.79 set last weekend at the Hoosier Hills Invitational, while classmate Ali Bishel (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton H.S.) is ninth in the 3,000m run after her season-best clocking of 9:56.65 last weekend.

Sophomore Judah Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain H.S.) rounds out BSU's top-ranked runners, holding the No. 10 spot in the 500m dash with her time of 1:19.02 at the BGSU Challenge (Jan. 15).

Ball State Quadrangular Schedule Of Events
5:00p.m.              20lb Weight Throw followed by Shot Put
                                Long Jump followed by Triple Jump
                                Pole Vault
                                High Jump
6:15p.m.              60m Hurdles Prelims
6:25p.m.              60m Dash Prelims
6:35p.m.              Mile Run Final
6:45p.m.              60m Hurdles Final (Two Heats)
7:00p.m.              60m Dash Final
7:05p.m.              400m Dash Final (seeded sections)
7:15p.m.              800m Run Final
7:25p.m.              200m Dash Final (seeded sections)
7:35p.m.              3,000m Run Final
7:50p.m.              4x400m Relay Final

Ball State In The MAC Rankings
60 Meters
18th - Janae Taylor (7.75)

400 Meters
17th - Judah Smith (57.03)

500 Meters
10th - Judah Smith (1:19.02)

3,000 Meters
9th - Ali Bishel (9:56.65)

60 Meter Hurdles
7th - Ra'Jae Marable (8.79)

4x400m Relay
10th - Hannah Lange, Brandi Robinson, Thekla Lorenz, Judah Smith (3:57.33)

4x800m Relay
4th - Emilee Zets, Esther Tirado, MaryKate Mellen, Christine Talhelm (9:59.93)

Distance Medley Relay
6th - MaryKate Mellen, Judah Smith, Christine Talhelm, Ali Bishel (12:07.49)

High Jump
1st - Rebecca Lomax (5-08.75)
20th - Thekla Lorenz (5-01.75)

Long Jump
8th - Thekla Lorenz (18-10.75)

Triple Jump
19th - Megan Cherry (34-10.75)

Weight Throw
18th - Lywanna Melvin (48-5)