T&F Headed To CMU For MAC Indoor Championships

February 25, 2015 | Track & Field

By: Ball State Athletics

MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State indoor track & field team travels to Central Michigan's Jack Skoog Indoor Track & Field Complex for this weekend's 2015 Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships which run Friday through Saturday.

The two-day event begins at 10 a.m. Friday with action in the women's pentathlon. Field events for the women start at 1:30 p.m. Friday with the weight throw, while action on the track begins at 3 p.m. with the women's 60m hurdles. The top eight performers from each event will score based on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale.

In the third season of automatic qualifying standards, the Cardinals will send 12 individuals and a pair of relays to this season's league championship meet. Under the current format, each event is capped at 20 participants. If 20 student-athletes did not post automatic marks in an event, entrants are selected going down the conference's performance list.

The Cardinals are looking for a strong showing in 2015 after placing 12th among the 12 teams at last season's MAC Indoor Championships with 1.5 points. Based on this season's entry list, Ball State's student-athletes are projected to score 27 points this year.

Junior Christina Crawford (Belleville, Mich./Romulus) leads the Cardinals heading into the weekend, as she enters the championships ranked first in the long jump (6.08m), ninth in the 60m dash (7.68) and 20th in the 200m dash (25.50). Crawford's mark of 6.08m in the long jump set at last Friday's Ball State Open also ranks 35th nationally.

Senior Rebecca Lomax (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) is also poised to score big for Ball State, ranking third in the pentathlon (3768 points), fourth in the high jump (1.76m) and 12th in the long jump (5.69m).

Ball State is also projected to score in the weight throw, with junior Marie Lumpkin (Losantville, Ind./Union) entering the meet ranked sixth in the conference after a career-best toss of 18.36m at last Friday's Ball State Open.

Sophomore Elizabeth Eversole (Mishawaka, Ind./Marian) enters the MAC Indoor Championships with some positive momentum as well, ranking 14th in the pole vault after clearing the bar at a school-record height of 3.77m last Friday.

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Ball State Individuals/Relays Entered in 2015 MAC Indoor Championships

Olivia Ashba
60m Hurdles - 20th/Seed Time: 9.26
400m Dash - 19th/Seed Time: 58.15

Hannah Ciasto-Poor
Pole Vault - 17th/Seed Mark: 3.75m

Christina Crawford
Long Jump - 1st/Seed Mark: 6.08m
60m Dash - 9th/Seed Time: 7.68
200m Dash - 20th/Seed Time: 25.50

Danielle Dahl
800m Run - 9th/Seed Time: 2:13.35

Elizabeth Eversole
Pole Vault - 14th/Seed Mark: 3.77m

Michaela Hull
Shot Put - 19th/Seed Mark: 13.25m

Becca Kropf
800m Run - 20th/Seed Time: 2:18.13

Rebecca Lomax
Pentathlon - 3rd/Seed Mark: 3768 points
High Jump - 4th/Seed Mark: 1.76m
Long Jump - 12th/Seed Mark: 5.69m

Marie Lumpkin
Weight Throw - 6th/Seed Mark: 18.36m

Gabrielle Perryman
Triple Jump - 15th/Seed Mark: 11.25m