Track & Field Opens 2018 Friday at Kentucky Invitational

Friday, January 12

Lexington, KY

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Kentucky Invitational

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Track & Field Opens 2018 Friday at Kentucky Invitational

January 11, 2018 | Track & Field

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MUNCIE, Ind. - - After over a month off since the December season opener, the Ball State indoor track & field team returns to competition this weekend when it travels south to Lexington, Kentucky, for the 2018 Kentucky Invitational.

The Cardinals open competition in the two-day meet Friday with a pair of student-athletes participating in the weight throw at 5:30 p.m.

The remainder of Ball State's competitors will be in action Saturday with field events starting at 9 a.m. and track events beginning at noon.

In addition to the Cardinals and host Wildcats, a total of 17 programs will be sending athletes to the competition, including in-state foes Indiana and IUPUI, as well as Mid-American Conference rival Miami.

BALL STATE NEWS & NOTES:
- While Ball State is only one meet into the 2017-18 indoor season, the Cardinals already boast a pair of MAC Indoor Track & Field Championship automatic qualifiers … Defending MAC Indoor 60m Hurdles champion Jazmin Smith locked up her spot at the league championships with a winning time of 8.65 at the season-opening Mastodon Opener (Dec. 2) … Last season's MAC Indoor High Jump runner-up Regan Lewis did the same with her winning mark of 1.73m (5-8) set opening weekend in Fort Wayne.

- With her first-place leap of 1.73m (5-8) in the high jump at the Mastodon Opener, junior Regan Lewis enters this weekend's meet ranked second in the MAC and 25th nationally in the event.

- Junior Jazmin Smith is right behind in the 60m hurdles, as her first-place time of 8.65 at the Mastodon Opener ranks as the third-best time in the MAC and 66th nationally entering the weekend.

- Ball State's throwers had a field day at the Mastodon Opener, with both results in the shot put and all six results in the weight throw being career-best performances … leading the way in the shot put was sophomore Kelsey Walters with a throw of 13.57m (44-6.25) which currently ranks sixth in the league … senior Adrienne Mayfield led Ball State's six entries in the weight throw with a mark of 16.22m (53-2.75) which currently stands eighth in the league.

- One meet into the 2017-18 indoor season, the Cardinals have claimed five event victories, 22 top five finishes and 27 career-best performances.

- At the Kentucky Invitational, the Ball State's student-athletes will be competing in the 200m dash, 400m dash and 800m run for the first time this season.