Ball State University Athletics
T&F Preps For Saturday?s RedHawk Invitational
April 23, 2015 | Track & Field
MUNCIE, Ind. - - After hosting a highly successful Cardinal Invitational last Friday, the Ball State outdoor track & field team returns to competition Saturday when it takes a second trip to George L. Rider Track in Oxford, Ohio, for the RedHawk Invitational.
Action in Saturday's meet gets underway at 10 a.m. with the women's hammer throw. While a majority of the team is competing at the RedHawk Invitational, senior multi-event specialist Rebecca Lomax (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) will head to the Hillsdale College “GINA” Relays Thursday-Saturday to compete in the heptathlon, high jump and long jump.
At last Friday's fourth-annual Cardinal Invitational at University Track in the Briner Sports Complex, Ball State's student-athletes picked up seven event victories and 17 career-best performances. Lomax was the big winner on the day, taking top honors in the high jump, long jump and 4x100m relay.
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- After posting a Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championship automatic qualifying mark of 1.75m (5-8.75) in the high jump at last Friday's Cardinal Invitational, senior Rebecca Lomax (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) enters the week ranked fourth on the league's performance list in the event. In addition, her season-best long jump of 5.60m (18-4.5) is currently 15th in the MAC, while her time of 12.23 in the 100m dash is 16th. Both efforts also came at Ball State's home meet.
- An All-MAC Second Team honoree in the indoor long jump, sophomore Makelle Skelton (Fort Wayne, Ind./Northrop) enters the week ranked 18th on the MAC Outdoor Performance list in the long jump with a season-best leap of 5.56m (18-3) at the Cardinal Invitational. Skelton turned in a career-fast 100m dash clocking of 12.03 at the Hillsdale Invitational (4/11), which is currently the eighth-best individual effort in the MAC this outdoor season.
- Ball State's senior twin duo of Courtney Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) and Caitlynn Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) enter the week ranked seventh (11:08.10) and 11th (11:17.83), respectively, on the MAC Outdoor Performance list in the 3000m steeplechase.
- Ball State's battle for the pole vault record looks to heat up again this weekend with senior Hannah Ciasto-Poor (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South) entering the meet as the program's outdoor record holder after clearing the bar at a height of 3.72m at last season's Dave Rankin Invitational (May 2, 2014) … Ciasto-Poor also held the indoor record with a mark of 3.75m set at the Illini Classic (Jan. 17), only to have sophomore Elizabeth Eversole (Mishawaka, Ind./Marian) break the mark with a program-record vault of 3.77m at the Ball State Invitational (Feb. 20) … Eversole enters the week ranked 14th in the MAC during the outdoor season after clearing a career-best outdoor height of 3.60m last weekend, while Ciasto-Poor is 18th with a height of 3.51m set at the season-opener.
- Junior Marie Lumpkin (Losantville, Ind./Union) enters the RedHawk Invitational ranked 12th on the MAC's Outdoor Performance List in the hammer (52.31m / 171-7) and 13th in the discus (43.87m / 143-11) … During the indoor season, Lumpkin placed eighth in the weight throw at the MAC Indoor Championship (Feb. 27) with a toss of 17.22m.
- Ball State's student-athletes have posted 50 career-best efforts so far during the outdoor season.
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