Track & Field Picks Up Three Event Wins at Ball State Tune-Up

MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State track & field team closed the indoor portion of the regular season by winning three events and turning in 12 career-best efforts at the Ball State Tune-Up Friday evening in the Field Sports Building.

With several of its top performers out of the lineup to prepare for next weekend's Mid-American Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 23-24) hosted by Bowling Green, the Cardinals also finished the four-team meet with 19 top five finishes.

Ball State's best performance came in the weight throw, with senior Adrienne Mayfield taking the top spot with a career-best throw of 17.18m. It's the fourth-best individual performance in program history and currently ranks 13^th on the MAC performance list.

The Cardinals also scored a pair of runner-up finishes in the field events, with freshman Jada Caldwell finishing second in the shot put with a career-best distance of 13.61m and freshman Hailley Peters taking silver in the high jump at 1.63m. With her effort, Caldwell climbed to 15th on MAC indoor performance list.

On the track, sophomore Bryeana Byrdsong picked up Ball State's second individual win of the day, taking top billing in the 200m dash with a time of 25.20. Byrdsong's time was half a second fast than the second-place finisher.

The Cardinals' final event win came in the 3000m run, which also saw Ball State take the top three spots. Freshman Cayla Eckenroth paced the team's runners with a time of 10:40.02.

Overall, Ball State finished the meet with a 2-1 dual record, defeating Fort Wayne (80-19) and Wright State (80-38), while falling to Western Michigan (82-31).

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BALL STATE'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS AT THE BALL STATE CHALLENGE

60m Dash
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 7.62 • School Record: 7.33 (c) by LaTasha Jenkins in 1998
3rd - Paris Carver – 7.84 (7.82* prelim)
4th - Jasmine Harris – 7.86 (7.84 prelim)
5th - Anna-Kay West – 7.92 (7.85 prelim)

60m Hurdles
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 8.73 • School Record: 8.19 by Amber Williams in 2007
2nd - Anna-Kay West – 8.95 (8.93 prelim)
6th - Anasja Troutman – 9.36 (8.93* prelim)

200m Dash
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 24.52 • School Record: 23.25 by LaTasha Jenkins in 1999
1st - Bryeana Byrdsong – 25.20
3rd - Jasmine Harris – 25.80
6th - Ivy McKee – 26.18

400m Dash
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 55.70 • School Record: 55.11 by Linise Gordon in 2000
4th - Amber Jones – 58.24
5th - Dejah Johnson – 59.14
6th - MaQuila Norman – 59.23
7th - Gabby Sims – 59.97
9th - Wambui Watene – 1:01.17*

800m Run
MAC Qualifying Standard: 2:12.02 • School Record: 2:07.30 by Natasha Lothery in 2002
3rd - Kaylor Hoover – 2:22.55*
7th - Emmalyne Tarsa – 2:28.31*

Mile Run
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 4:53.21 • School Record: 4:50.10 by MaryKate Mellen in 2013
4th - Peyton Kneadler – 5:18.90
12th - Kitty Taylor – 5:33.64*
DNF - Hannah Cummings

3000m Run
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 9:47.13 • School Record: 9:31.43 by Jill Scully in 2006
1st - Cayla Eckenroth – 10:40.02
2nd - Meliza Rodriguez – 10:43.51*
3rd - Lauren Whitehouse – 10:50.02*

4x400m Relay
   School Record: 3:39.94 (c) by Jada Phelps, Angka Morris, Patricia Soman and Linise Gordon in 2001
3rd - Paris Carver, Dejah Johnson, Wambui Watene, Ivy McKee – 4:03.06

High Jump
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 1.69m / 5-6.5 • School Record: 1.81m / 5-11.25 by Regan Lewis
2nd - Hailley Peters – 1.63m

Shot Put
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 14.82m / 48-7.5 • School Record: 14.77m / 48-5.75 by Gena Rusch in 1990
2nd - Jada Caldwell – 13.61m*
3rd - Kelsey Walters – 13.43m

Weight Throw
   MAC Qualifying Standard: 17.88m / 58-8 • School Record: 18.55m / 60-10 by Marie Lumpkin in 2015
1st - Adrienne Mayfield – 17.18m*
5th - Kelsey Walters – 15.01m*
7th - Princess Carter – 14.34m
11th - Abby Denham – 12.89m*
12th - Megan Graves – 12.72m

* denotes career-best performance

Track & Field Picks Up Three Event Wins at Ball State Tune-Up

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Bryeana Byrdsong

Jada Caldwell

Princess Carter

Paris Carver

Hannah Cummings

Abby Denham

Cayla Eckenroth

Megan Graves

Jasmine Harris

Kaylor Hoover

Dejah Johnson

Amber Jones

Peyton Kneadler

Regan Lewis

Adrienne Mayfield

Ivy McKee

MaQuila Norman

Hailley Peters

Meliza Rodriguez

Gabby Sims

Emmalyne Tarsa

Kitty Taylor

Anasja Troutman

Kelsey Walters

Wambui Watene

Anna-Kay West

Lauren Whitehouse