Track & Field Splits Squad for a Pair of Events This Week

Thursday, April 27

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Track & Field Splits Squad for a Pair of Events This Week

April 26, 2017 | Track & Field

MUNCIE, Ind. - - It will be a busy three days of action for the Ball State outdoor track & field team which will split the squad for a pair of events this week.

First up for the Cardinals is the 5000m open race Thursday evening beginning at approximately 6:35 p.m. at the 51st Annual Hillsdale College "GINA" Relays.

Overall, Ball State is slated to send 14 student-athletes to the three-day "GINA" Relays which also runs Friday and Saturday at Ken Herrick Outdoor Track.

A complete schedule of events for the "GINA" Relays, as well as links for heat sheets and live video can be found here: http://www.hillsdalechargers.com/sports/wtrack/2016-17/college_meet_info

The Cardinals will also send six representatives to the Southern Miss Open, with all six competing on Saturday at the Marshall Bell Track Complex.

A complete schedule of events for the Southern Miss Open can be found here: http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/c-xctrack/spec-rel/c-xctrack-home-meet-info.html

BALL STATE NEWS & NOTES:
- Entering the sixth meet of the outdoor season, Ball State's student-athletes have already accumulated eight individual event wins, a pair of relay victories and 46 career-best performances.

- Leading the way for the Cardinals entering the weekend is sophomore Regan Lewis who cleared a career best outdoor height of 1.76m to place second in the high jump at the Ball State Challenge (April 15) … The effort currently ranks second in the Mid-American Conference and 18th on the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round qualifying list.

- Thanks to her MAC Championship automatic qualifying mark of 1.70m in the high jump at the Raleigh Relays (March 24), Regan Lewis was named the Mid-American Conference Field Athlete of the Week … She is the first Ball State track & field student-athlete to earn MAC weekly honors this season.

- With a career-fast time of 11.74 in the 100m dash at the Ball State Challenge (April 15), sophomore Peyton Stewart enters the week ranked second in the conference in the event.

- Freshman Brooke Talhelm enters the week as the program leader in three different events … She ranks 12th in the conference with a career-fast 800m dash time of 2:13.79 set at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (April 1) … Her career-fast 1500m run time of 4:35.44 set at the Raleigh Relays (March 24) is 17th in the MAC, while she also leads the team in the 3000m run with a career-best effort of 10:19.28 at the Stan Lyons Invitational (March 18).

- Brooke Talhelm's time of 4:35.44 in the 1500m run at the Raleigh Relays (March 24) is the fastest for a Ball State runner in the event since Mary-Kate Mellen clocked a time of 4:28.77 to place fifth at the 2013 MAC Outdoor Championships.

- 2017 Mid-American Conference 60m hurdles indoor champion sophomore Jazmin Smith enters the weekend ranked 13th in the MAC in the 100m hurdles with a season-best time of 14.16 set at the Raleigh Relays (March 24) … Smith owns a career-best 100m hurdles time of 14.10 set at last season's Billy Hayes Invitational (May 6).

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