Ball State University Athletics
T&F Opens Outdoor Season at Polar Bear Invitational
March 23, 2012 | Track & Field
MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State women's track & field opens
the 2012 outdoor season Saturday as the squad travels to Indiana Wesleyan's non-scored Polar Bear Invitational beginning at 10 a.m.
from the IWU Track & Field Complex for the third-consecutive season.
Last season, the Cardinals posted six event wins and 18 top-five finishes at the meet. Judah Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain) stood as a top performer on the day for the Cardinals, earning first-place finishes in both the 200m dash (25.18) and the 400m dash (58.81), while Janae Taylor (Richmond, Ind./Richmond) placed first in the 100m dash (12.45) and second in the 200m dash (25.44).
Taylor also joined Rebecca Lomax (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport), Thekla Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany) and Ra'Jae Marable on the first-place 4x100m relay (48.15). Lorenz also tallied a first-place performance in the 100m hurdles (15.10), in addition to placing fifth in the 200m dash (25.68), while Lomax added a victory in the high jump (5-3).
From the 2012 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, Lomax stood as a top performer for the Cardinals in the high jump, posting six points with a leap of 5-6.50.
Freshman Haley Austin (Avon, Ind./Avon High) followed with a seventh-place performance, clearing a height of 5-4.50 for two points, while the Cardinals' final top-10 effort of the day came in the 4x400m relay (3:52.00), good for eighth place.
Tentative Order of Events:
10:00 a.m. – 10,000
11:20 a.m. – 3000 SC
11:50 a.m. – 4x100
Noon – 1500
12:25 – 100 Hurdles
12:55 – 400
1:10 – 100
1:30 – 800
1:40 – 800m
1:50 – 400h
2:10 – 200
2:40 – 5000
3:25 – 4x400
Field Events:
10:00 a.m. – LJ; PV; Hammer
11:30 a.m. – Javelin
Noon – Triple Jump; High Jump
1:00 – Discus (out of hammer cage)
1:30 – Shot Put
