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MAC Indoor Championships
Track & Field Heads to Kent State for MAC Indoor Championships
February 19, 2019 | Track & Field
MUNCIE, Ind.- - It's championship week for the Ball State track & field program which heads to Kent, Ohio, for the 2019 Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships held Friday & Saturday at the Kent State Field House.
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The two-day event, which features athletes from all 12 MAC women's teams and all five MAC men's programs, begins at 10:45 a.m. Friday with the men's heptathlon. Women's events will get underway at 11 a.m. with both the pentathlon and the weight throw.
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Six event finals will be contested on the opening day of the meet for the women, including the pentathlon, weight throw, long jump, pole vault, 5,000m and the distance medley relay. The top eight performers from each event score based on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale.
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Friday's preliminary events consist of the 60m, 60m hurdles, 200m, 400m and 800m. The remainder of the event finals will be contested on Saturday.
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In the seventh season of automatic qualifying standards, the Cardinals will send 18 student-athletes to Kent State, with 14 competing in individual events and four others entered in just relays.Â
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Under the current format, events are capped at 20 participants. If 20 student-athletes did not earn automatic marks in an event, which the Cardinals had five student-athletes do, entrants are selected going down the conference's performance list.
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This Weekend's Ball State Schedule:
Friday, Feb. 22 @ MAC Indoor Championships
Pentathlon (11 a.m.): Karlie Zumbro (2nd – 3240 points)
Weight Throw (11 a.m.): Princess Carter (16th – 17.46m)
Long Jump (2:45 p.m.): Michelle Lehmann (12th – 5.62m)
60m Hurdles (3:10 p.m. / Prelims): Jazmin Smith (1st – 8.35 – MAC Auto), Jasmine Harris (6th – 8.54 – MAC Auto), Anasja Troutman (17th – 8.95)
400m (3:40 p.m. / Prelims): Amber Jones (16th – 56.52)
60m Dash (4:10 p.m. / Prelims): Peyton Stewart (2nd – 7.50 – MAC Auto), Bryeana Byrdsong (5th – 7.53 – MAC Auto), Jazmin Smith (9th – 7.59 – MAC Auto)
800m (4:50 p.m. / Prelims): Karleigh Conner (10th – 2:13.83)
200m (5:25 p.m. / Prelims): Bryeana Byrdsong (7th – 24.55), Jazmin Smith (10th – 24.67), Jasmine Harris (13th – 24.77)
5000m (6:10 p.m.): Maritza Rodriguez (12th – 17:10.45)
Distance Medley Relay (6:55 p.m.): Emmalyne Tarsa, Amber Jones, Peyton Kneadler, Karleigh Conner, Meliza Rodriguez, MaQuila Norman (5th – 12:16.75)
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Saturday, Feb. 23 @ MAC Indoor Championships
Shot Put (Noon): Kelsey Walters (10th – 14.02m)
High Jump (2:30 p.m.): Regan Lewis (1st – 1.75m – MAC Auto), Hailley Peters (11th – 1.63m)
3000m (4 p.m.): Maritza Rodriguez (12th – 9:51.63)
4x400m Relay (4:40 p.m.): Amber Jones, MaQuila Norman, Jazmin Smith, Bryeana Byrdsong, Karlie Zumbro, Karleigh Conner (8th – 3:50.53)
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Three Things to Know Entering the Weekend:
No. 1:The Cardinals are primed to score some BIG points at this weekend's MAC Indoor Championships, led by Jazmin Smith (60m hurdles) and Regan Lewis (high jump), who lead the league in their respective events.Â
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Based on the entry list, the Cardinals are projected to score 50 points this weekend, which would be the most the team has scored at the indoor championships since the 2009 squad tied for third with 73 points.
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Â?? RANKINGS UPDATE ??
— BallStateTrack&XC (@BallStateTFXC) February 20, 2019
2? Cardinals enter the MAC Indoor Championships leading @MACSports in their respective events and ranked in the Top 5?7? among all @NCAATrackField Division I student-athletes ??#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #MACtion | #ncaaTF pic.twitter.com/jNjCIXcXOW
No. 2:The three-time defending Mid-American Conference high jump champion (Indoor:Â 2018 Â | Â Outdoor: 2017 & 2018), senior Regan Lewis will be back to defend her crown this season and enters the meet ranked first in the conference and 52nd nationally.
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Last season, Lewis easily cleared her first four heights (1.62m, 1.67m, 1.72m and 1.76m) on her first attempt, with the last being the winning mark. She would go on to take three attempts at 1.82m, which would have broken her indoor program record of 1.81m, but was unable to clear the bar. The second-place mark that day, 1.72m.
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ÂConfirmed: Regan Lewis flew like a ?? and captured 1st place in the high jump for @BallStateTFXC #MACtion pic.twitter.com/yWOSVoSeL9
— #MACtion (@MACSports) February 24, 2018
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No. 3:Â Two Cardinals enter the meet having already been crowned MAC Indoor Champions in their career. Regan Lewis won the high jump in 2018 at 1.76m, while Jazmin Smith captured the crown in the 60m hurdles in 2017 at 8.44.
Quotables:
Ivy McKee on placing second in the 200m at the Ball State Tune-Up
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Â"... I felt like it all came together and I just felt really good about myself." - @ivyjane21 on her PR of 25.22 to place second in the 200m at last week's Ball State Tune-Up
— BallStateTrack&XC (@BallStateTFXC) February 19, 2019
#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #ncaaTF pic.twitter.com/t7pdX5uNdb
Megan Graves on turning in a PR in the weight throw at the Ball State Tune-Up
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Â"I loved the home crowd. I PRed by a lot this year, exceeded my goal for this whole season ..." - @Megan__Graves on her performance in the weight throw (16.48m) at last Friday's Ball State Tune-Up#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #NCAATF pic.twitter.com/2Ak0Agpx7a
— BallStateTrack&XC (@BallStateTFXC) February 20, 2019
Last Time at the MAC Indoor Championships:
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - - After successfully clearing 1.76m, junior Regan Lewis became the first indoor high jump champion in program history to lead a trio of Ball State medalists on the final day of the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships Saturday at Bowling Green's Perry Field House.
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Complete Recaps:Â Friday, Feb. 24Â Â |Â Â Saturday, Feb. 25
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Â[RECAP] Today's @MACSports Indoor Championship Highlights
— BallStateTrack&XC (@BallStateTFXC) February 25, 2018
- Regan Lewis becomes BSU's 1st MAC indoor high jump champion
- Peyton Stewart places 2nd in 60m
- Jazmin Smith takes third in 60m hurdles
- Bryeana Byrdsong places 8th in 200m#ChirpChirp | #WeFlyhttps://t.co/09bkC54SH2
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Last Time Out – Ball State Tune-Up Award Winners:
Â?? @BallStateTFXC Track Athlete of the Week ??@SmileyHarris1 turned in another strong effort at the Ball State Tune-Up last Friday, taking top honors in the 60m hurdles (8.97 / 8.66 P) and placing 4th in the 60m (7.82 / 7.79 P) #ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #ncaaTF pic.twitter.com/NnexKyClsn
— BallStateTrack&XC (@BallStateTFXC) February 18, 2019
Â?? @BallStateTFXC Field Athlete of the Week ??@K_walt18 took second in the shot put with a distance of 14.00m at the Ball State Tune-Up ... She also posted a career-best mark of 16.25m to place fourth in the weight throw.#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #ncaaTF pic.twitter.com/npQsh5iUiQ
— BallStateTrack&XC (@BallStateTFXC) February 18, 2019
Â?? @BallStateTFXC Cardinal of the Week ??@ivyjane21 had a strong showing at the Ball State Tune-Up, placing ?? in the 200m w/PR of 25.22, which converts to 24.84 & ranks 17th on #MACtion performance list ... She also PRed in the 60m (7.77)#ChirpChirp | #WeFly | #ncaaTF pic.twitter.com/qF0431Sb7Q
— BallStateTrack&XC (@BallStateTFXC) February 18, 2019
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