Track & Field Logs Four Top 10s at Kentucky Invitational

LEXINGTON, Ky. - - The Ball State women's indoor track & field team collected four top 10 finishes and logged 14 career-best performances at the two-day Kentucky Invitational which concluded Saturday afternoon at UK's Nutter Field House.

The 18-team non-scored meet, which began Friday, featured some of the nation's top programs, including No. 9 Kentucky, No. 21 Cincinnati and No. 35 Ohio State. The Cardinals also faced in-state foes Indiana and IUPUI at the meet, as well as Mid-American Conference rivals Akron and Miami.

Ball State's best individual finish came in the high jump, with junior Regan Lewis tying for sixth place after clearing the bar at 1.61m (5-3.25).

Junior Jazmin Smith turned in a strong performance in the 60m hurdles, placing seventh in the event finals with a time of 8.88. Smith turned in a faster time of 8.77 in the prelims, but still managed to improve two spots in the finals heat after entering as the ninth seed.

The Cardinals' final top 10 individual performance came from sophomore Bryeana Byrdsong who took 10th in the 60m dash with a clocking of 7.67, which was just .05 off the MAC Indoor Championship automatic qualifying mark for the event.

Byrdsong, who led the Cardinals with a 14th-place time of 25.02 in the 200m dash, also ran the second leg for the eighth-place 4x400m relay which clocked in at 3:54.52. She was joined in the race by freshman Dejah Johnson, freshman MaQuila Norman and senior Gabby Sims.

Next up for the Ball State indoor track & field team will be the Indiana Wesleyan University Invitational held Jan. 20 at the Troyer Indoor Fieldhouse in Marion, Indiana.

BALL STATE'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS AT THE KENTUCKY INVITATIONAL

60m Dash
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 7.62 ? School Record: 7.33 (c) by LaTasha Jenkins in 1998
10th - Bryeana Byrdsong - 7.67
19th - Jazmin Smith - 7.86
24th - Ivy McKee - 7.95
25th - Paris Carver - 7.96

60m Hurdles
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 8.73 ? School Record: 8.19 by Amber Williams in 2007
7th - Jazmin Smith 8.88 (8.77 prelim)
24th - Anasja Troutman - 9.17

200m Dash
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 24.52 ? School Record: 23.25 by LaTasha Jenkins in 1999
14th - Bryeana Byrdsong - 25.02
16th - Peyton Stewart - 25.19*
24th - Ivy McKee - 25.98*
28th - Jasmine Harris - 26.14
31st - Amber Jones - 26.33
32th - Anna-Kay West - 26.36
33rd - Paris Carver - 26.53*
38th - Anasja Troutman - 26.79*

400m Dash
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 55.70 ? School Record: 55.11 by Linise Gordon in 2000
16th - MaQuila Norman - 58.69*
23rd - Dejah Johnson - 59.61*
28th - Gabby Sims - 1:00.82

800m Run
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 2:12.02 ? School Record: 2:07.30 by Natasha Lothery in 2002
22nd - Peyton Kneadler - 2:27.43
23rd - Kaylor Hoover - 2:27.74*
28th - Emmalyne Tarsa - 2:31.85*

Mile Run
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 4:53.21 ? School Record: 4:50.10 by MaryKate Mellen in 2013
14th - Brooke Talhelm - 5:07.08

3000m Run
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 9:47.13 ? School Record: 9:31.43 by Jill Scully in 2006
28th - Maritza Rodriguez – 10:24.50*
37th - Cayla Eckenroth – 10:38.99*
44th - Stephanie McElhaney – 10:56.78
46th - Lauren Whitehouse – 11:02.35*
47th - Hannah Cummings – 11:06.51*
49th - Jessica Bryzek – 11:15.40
50th - Meliza Rodriguez – 11:24.82*

4x400m Relay
   School Record: 3:39.94 (c) by Jada Phelps, Angka Morris, Patricia Soman and Linise Gordon in 2001
8th – Dejah Johnson, Bryeana Byrdsong, MaQuila Norman, Gabby Sims – 3:54.52
11th – Ivy McKee, Amber Jones, Brooke Talhelm, Anna-Kay West – 4:06.14

High Jump
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 1.69m / 5-6.5 ? School Record: 1.81m / 5-11.25 by Regan Lewis
T-6th - Regan Lewis - 1.61m (5-3.25)
T-17th - Hailley Peters - 1.51m (4-11.5)

Long Jump
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 5.74m / 18-10 ? School Record: 6.43m / 21-1.5 by Patricia Soman in 2003
24th - Anna-Kay West - 4.76m (15-7.5)

Shot Put
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 14.82m / 48-7.5 ? School Record: 14.77m / 48-5.75 by Gena Rusch in 1990
11th - Kelsey Walters – 13.46m (44-2)
17th - Jada Caldwell – 12.82m (42-0.75)*

Weight Throw
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 17.88m / 58-8 ? School Record: 18.55m / 60-10 by Marie Lumpkin in 2015
21st - Adrienne Mayfield - 14.30m (46-11)
24th - Kelsey Walters - 14.14m (46-4.75)

* Denotes career-best performance

Track & Field Logs Four Top 10s at Kentucky Invitational

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Jessica Bryzek

Bryeana Byrdsong

Jada Caldwell

Paris Carver

Hannah Cummings

Cayla Eckenroth

Jasmine Harris

Kaylor Hoover

Dejah Johnson

Amber Jones

Peyton Kneadler

Regan Lewis

Adrienne Mayfield

Stephanie McElhaney

Ivy McKee

MaQuila Norman

Hailley Peters

Maritza Rodriguez

Meliza Rodriguez

Gabby Sims

Jazmin Smith

Peyton Stewart

Brooke Talhelm

Emmalyne Tarsa

Anasja Troutman

Kelsey Walters

Anna-Kay West

Lauren Whitehouse