Ball State University Athletics
T&F Competes At Rankin/Poehlein Invite This Weekend
May 01, 2015 | Track & Field
MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State outdoor track & field team looks to thrive in the greatly improved weather this weekend when it travels to Purdue's Rankin Track & Field for the two-day Rankin/Poehlein Invitational which begins Friday.
The lone event contested on Friday will be the hammer throw beginning at 3 p.m. On Saturday, field events begin at 10 a.m. with the javelin throw, while running events start at noon with the women's 100m prelims.
Last weekend, the Cardinals were hampered by wet weather as just three events were completed at the RedHawk Invitational hosted by Miami. Despite the poor conditions, the seven Cardinals able to compete at the meet notched five career-best performances. Leading the way was junior Marie Lumpkin (Losantville, Ind./Union) in the hammer throw with a fourth-place mark of 53.44m, which is just 0.12m shy of the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championship automatic qualifying mark of 53.56m.
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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 the Cardinal Invitational (April 17), 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 17th. 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 (April 17). 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 10th (11:08.10) and 14th (11:17.83), respectively, on the MAC Outdoor Performance list in the 3000m steeplechase.
- The battle for Ball State's pole vault record heats up again this weekend with senior Hannah Ciasto-Poor (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South) entering the meet as the outdoor record holder after clearing 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 record with a vault of 3.77m at the Ball State Invitational (Feb. 20) … Eversole enters the week ranked 15th in the MAC during the outdoor season after clearing a career-best outdoor height of 3.60m at the Cardinal Invitational (April 17), while Ciasto-Poor is 20th with a mark of 3.51m set at the season-opener.
- Junior Marie Lumpkin enters the Rankin/Poehlein Invitational ranked 11th on the MAC's Outdoor Performance List in the hammer (53.44m / 175-4) 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 55 career-best efforts so far during the outdoor season.
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