Track & Field Set to Host Ball State Tune-Up Friday

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MUNCIE, Ind. - - For its final tune-up before the Mid-American Conference indoor championships, the Ball State track & field team will welcome Fort Wayne, Western Michigan and Wright State to the Field Sports Building Friday for the Ball State Tune-Up.

Action in the four team meet, which features triple dual scoring, will begin promptly at 5 p.m. with the following field events; weight throw, long jump, pole vault and high jump.

The day's running events start at approximately 6:30 p.m., beginning with the preliminary round of the 60m hurdles. The meet will end around 8 p.m. with the 4x400m relay.

Last season, the Cardinals scored head-to-head wins over both Wright State (80-66) and Fort Wayne (83-72), while falling to two-time defending event champion Western Michigan (111-59) in the meet.

Individually, Ball State's student-athletes won three events, scored 20 top five finishes and turned in six career-best efforts at last year's event.

Live results will be available for the meet at the following link: http://www.frontrunner-timing.com/liveresults/

BALL STATE NEWS & NOTES:
- Junior Jazmin Smith turned in one of the best individual performance of the season for the Cardinals at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3), placing first among collegiate runners in the 60m hurdles with a career-fast time of 8.40 … The time currently ranks second on the MAC indoor performance list, is the second-fastest individual time in program history and ranks 64th nationally.

- In addition, Jazmin Smith clocked in at 8.41 in the 60m hurdles to place fourth at last weekend's Music City Challenge (Feb. 10) … It marks the fourth meet this season Smith has bettered the MAC automatic qualifying mark in the 60m hurdles.

- Junior Regan Lewis took over the top spot on the MAC performance list in the high jump last weekend after successfully clearing 1.76m (5-9.25) to place second at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 9) … It marks the fourth time in her career Lewis has cleared at least 1.76m (5-9.25), with her career-best performance of 1.81m (5-11.25) coming at the 2017 MAC Indoor Championships.

- Regan Lewis' effort of 1.76m (5-9.25) currently ranks 44th nationally … Lewis has cleared the bar above the MAC automatic qualifying mark three times this season, and is one of only two MAC student-athletes to clear at least 1.72m (5-7.75) three times this season.

- Junior sprinter Peyton Stewart became the third Ball State student-athlete to earn an automatic qualifying mark into the MAC Indoor Championships when she won the 60m dash at the IWU Invitational (Jan. 20) with a time of 7.61 … She has improved her time in each of the following three races, including placing seventh in the event at last weekend's Music City Challenge (Feb. 10) with a season-fast time of 7.55 … Stewart's time currently ranks third in the event on the MAC performance list.

- Sophomore Maritza Rodriguez turned in the best performance of her career in the 5000m run at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2), leading all collegiate runners to the line with a career-fast clocking of 17:28.12 … The time is currently the 13th-fastest in the league this season.

- Sophomore Bryeana Byrdsong turned in a season-best performance in the 200m dash at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 10), climbing to 11th on the MAC performance list with a time of 24.73 … At the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 12), Byrdsong placed 10th in the 60m dash with her time of 7.67 being just .05 off the MAC Indoor Championship automatic qualifying mark … Her 60m time currently ranks 10th in the league.

- Regan Lewis is not the only Ball State student-athlete making noise in the high jump this season, as freshman Hailley Peters enters the Ball State Tune-Up ranked 12th in the MAC after clearing 1.65m (5-5) at the IWU Invitational (Jan. 20).

- Sophomore Kelsey Walters' throw of 14.13m (46-4.25) in the shot put at the Fred Wilt Open (Jan. 26) was the third-best individual performance in program history … The program record is 14.77m (48-5.75) set by Gena Rusch in 1990 … Walters' effort currently ranks 11th on the MAC performance list.

- Senior Adrienne Mayfield turned in a career-best performance in the weight throw at the Fred Wilt Open (Jan. 26), with her fourth toss landing at 16.58m (54-4.75) … The effort currently ranks 14th in the MAC and is .05m (2 inches) shy of breaking into the top five in program history.

- With a first-place time of 2:16.90 (converted to 2:15.34) in the 800m run at the Fred Wilt Open (Jan. 26), sophomore Brooke Talhelm enters the Ball State Tune-Up ranked 15th on the MAC performance list.

- Six meets into the 2017-18 indoor season, the Cardinals have claimed 17 event victories, 63 top five finishes and 85 career-best performances.

Track & Field Set to Host Ball State Tune-Up Friday

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Players Mentioned

Bryeana Byrdsong

Regan Lewis

Adrienne Mayfield

Hailley Peters

Maritza Rodriguez

Jazmin Smith

Peyton Stewart

Brooke Talhelm

Kelsey Walters