Ball State University
Polar Bear Invitational - Outdoor
T&F Opens 2012 Outdoor Season With 12 Event Wins
March 25, 2012 | Track & Field
MARION, Ind. - Ball State's track and field squad opened its 2012 outdoor season with 12 event wins and 37 top-five finishes at Indiana Wesleyan's Polar Bear Invitational at the IWU Track & Field Complex.
Senior Janae Taylor (Richmond, Ind./Richmond) placed first in the 200m dash (25.33), second in the 100m dash (12.30) and joined freshman Christina Crawford (Belleville, Mich./Romulus), senior Thekla Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany), sophomore Rebecca Lomax (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) on the first-place 4x100m relay (48.14).
Lorenz, who added victories in the 100m hurdles (15.09) and 400m hurdles (1:06.84), and Taylor, combined with sophomore Hannah Lange (Martinsville, Ind./Martinsville) and junior Judah Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain) on the first-place 4x400m relay (4:00.94).
In other sprint events, Smith tallied a win in the 400m dash (58.34) and junior MaryKate Mellen (Michigan City, Ind./Michigan City) posted a victory in the 1500m run with a time of (4:45.44), while classmate Madeline Goheen (Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Dwenger) placed first in the 5000m run (18:33.16).
In the field events, Lomax tallied a leap of (5-10.00) in the high jump for first place, while freshman Hannah Ciasto-Poor (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington) placed first in the pole vault (10-6.00).
Crawford and junior Melissa Dodaro (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) rounded out BSU's event winners with victories in the long jump (16-6.25) and discus (144-9), respectively.
The Ball State outdoor track & field team returns to action next weekend, when it travels to West Lafayette, Ind. for Purdue's two-day Mike Poehlein Invitational.
100m Dash
2nd - Janae Taylor (12.30)
3rd - Rebecca Lomax (12.64)
4th - Jordan McMillan (12.79)
6th - Christina Crawford (13.22)
10th - Alyssa Hurlburt (13.92)
12th - Hannah Ciasto-Poor (14.05)
15th - Jorden Traver (14.23)
19th - Jazmine Gray (14.57)
21st - Brianne Hendrix (15.58)
200m Dash
1st
- Janae Taylor (25.33)
4th - Jordan McMillan (26.37)
5th - Rebecca Lomax (26.65)
6th - Hannah Lange (26.77)
8th - Katie Behrendt (27.30)
10th - Christina Crawford (27.53)
15th - Judah Smith (28.08)
17th - Emilee Zets (28.20)
23rd - Brooke Fox (29.06)
26th - Haley Austin (29.23)
27th - Marie Lumpkin (29.84)
400m Dash
1st - Judah Smith (58.34)
2nd - Hannah Lange (59.54)
5th - Katie Behrendt (1:02.35)
7th - Emilee Zets (1:02.75)
10th - Madelyn Webster (1:05.08)
800m Run
5th - Judah Smith (2:25.57)
6th - Courtney Edon (2:25.58)
1500m Run
1st - MaryKate Mellen (4:45.44)
2nd - Madeline Goheen (4:53.49)
3rd - Esther Tirado (4:56.12)
4th - Madelyn Webster (4:57.46)
7th - Caitlynn Edon (5:08.61)
5000m Run
1st - Madeline Goheen (18:33.16)
2nd - MaryKate Mellen (18:39.97)
3rd - Esther Tirado (18:48.31)
7th - Caitlynn Edon (19:39.30)
10000m Run
2nd - Allison Blanck (38:54.02)
100m Hurdles
1st - Thekla Lorenz (15.09)
6th - Lindsay Wallace (16.57)
10th - Brooke Fox (17.71)
400m Hurdles
1st - Thekla Lorenz (1:06.84)
3000m Steeplechase
2nd - Courtney Edon (11:47.35)
4x100m Relay
1st - Christina Crawford, Thekla Lorenz, Rebecca Lomax, Janae Taylor (48.14)
4x400m Relay
1st - Janae Taylor, Hannah Lange, Judah Smith, Thekla Lorenz (4:00.94)
High Jump
1st - Rebecca Lomax (5-10.00)
2nd - Haley Austin (5-2.50)
6th - Kelsey Jackson (4-10.50)
Pole Vault
1st - Hannah Ciasto-Poor (10-6.00)
4th - Brianne Hendrix (8-6.00)
9th - Tara Spitzer-Long (8-0.00)
Long Jump
1st - Christina Crawford (16-6.25)
5th - Alyssa Hurlburt (16-6.00)
7th - Jancee Seib (16-1.50)
8th - Lindsay Wallace (15-11.50)
Triple Jump
2nd - Alyssa Hurlburt (34-6.25)
Shot Put
2nd - Melissa Dodaro (39-9.75)
7th - Marie Lumpkin (37-11.50)
9th - Tiffany Ray (36-9.00)
16th - Jorden Traver (31-10.25)
Discus
1st - Melissa Dodaro (144-9)
3rd - Marie Lumpkin (128-8)
9th - Lywanna Melvin (113-3)
18th - Jorden Traver (97-8)
Hammer
3rd - Jorden Traver (137-9)
4th - Marie Lumpkin (133-10)
5th - Lywanna Melvin (128-7)
Javelin
2nd - Jorden Traver (109-2)
7th - Tiffany Ray (85-4)
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