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Polytan Invitational - Outdoor
Outdoor T&F Posts 21 Top-10s at Polytan Invitational
April 22, 2012 | Track & Field
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Ball State outdoor track & field team posted 21 top-10 efforts at Indiana's two-day Polytan Invitational from the Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex.
Janae Taylor (Richmond, Ind./Richmond) led the Cardinals during the meet with three individual top-10 finishes, in addition to combining with Jordan McMillan (Portland, Ind./Jay County), Thekla Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany) and Rebecca Lomax (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) on the third-place 4x100m relay (47.17) and Hannah Lange (Martinsville, Ind./Martinsville), Judah Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain) and Lorenz on the sixth-place on the 4x400m relay (3:56.27).
In the sprint events, Taylor picked up a third-place finish in the 60m dash with a time of 7.69, and fourth-place finishes in the 100m dash (12.05) and 200m dash (24.50).
Lorenz returned in the long jump to post a first-place distance of 18-5.75, in addition to a third-place time in the 400m hurdles (1:02.38) and a throw of 110 in the javelin throw.
In other field events, Haley Austin (Avon, Ind./Avon High) and Alyssa Hurlburt (Huntington, Ind./Huntington North) tallied leaps of 5-4.25 and 34-9.00 in the high jump and triple jump, respectively, while Christina Crawford (Belleville, Mich./Romulus) placed seventh in the long jump (17-5.25/5.31m).
Jorden Traver (Lafayette, Ind./Harrison) also placed eighth in the hammer throw (145/44.20m) and fifth in the javelin throw (100-2/30.53m), while Melissa Dodaro (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) placed fifth in the discus throw (141-4/43.09m) alongside Marie Lumpkin (Losantville, Ind./Union) (112-11/34.41m).
In the sprint events, Lomax posted an eighth-place performance in the 60m dash (8.18) and McMillan placed eighth in the 100m dash (12.59), in addition to a ninth-place effort in the 200m dash (24.50) alongside Smith (25.42).
Ball State also picked up phenomenal performances in the 3000m run from Courtney Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) in sixth-place (11:11.27) and Caitlynn Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) in ninth-place with a time of 11:37.72.
Next up for the squad, the Cardinals head to the RedHawk Invitational Saturday, April 28 in Oxford, Ohio.
60m Dash
3rd – Janae Taylor (7.69)
8th – Rebecca Lomax (8.18)
100m Dash
4th - Janae Taylor (12.05)
8th – Jordan McMillan (12.59)
200m Dash
4th – Janae Taylor (24.50)
9th – Jordan McMillan (25.38)
10th – Judah Smith (25.42)
400m Dash
11th – Judah Smith (59.20)
12th – Hannah Lange (1:00.02)
800m Run
12th – Christine Talhelm (2:14.48)
15th – MaryKate Mellen (2:15.46)
19th – Emilee Zets (2:20.96)
1500m Run
14th - MaryKate Mellen (4:35.50)
26th – Courtney Edon (4:46.81)
29th – Caitlynn Edon (5:06.26)
3000m Steeplechase
6th - Courtney Edon (11:11.27)
10th – Caitlynn Edon (11:37.72)
5000m Run
14th – Madeline Goheen (17:40.90)
4x100m Relay
3rd – Jordan McMillan, Thekla Lorenz, Rebecca Lomax, Janae Taylor (47.17)
4x400m Relay
6th – Hannah Lange, Janae Taylor, Judah Smith, Thekla Lorenz (3:56.27)
High Jump
6th - Haley Austin (5-4.25/1.63m)
Long Jump
1st – Thekla Lorenz (18-5.75/5.63m)
7th – Christina Crawford (17-5.25/5.31m)
Triple Jump
6th – Alyssa Hurlburt (34-9.00/10.59m)
400m Hurdles
3rd – Thekla Lorenz (1:02.38)
Hammer Throw
8th – Jorden Traver (145/44.20m)
11th – Lywanna Melvin (134-7/41.03m)
Discus Throw
5th – Melissa Dodaro (141-4/43.09m)
10th – Marie Lumpkin (112-11/34.41m)
Javelin Throw
3rd – Thekla Lorenz (110/33.54m)
5th – Jorden Traver (100-2/30.53m)
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