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NCAA Indoor Championships
Griffith Earns All-American Honors after NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
March 11, 2023 | Track & Field
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - -Â Ball State track & field senior Charity Griffith has been breaking records all season and she did it again Saturday afternoon at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
By successfully clearing 1.85m (6'-0.75") in the high jump, Griffith became the Cardinals' highest ever finisher at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a fifth place showing. The effort also earned her First Team All-American status for the event at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The two-time reigning Mid-American Conference indoor high jump champion, Griffith cleared her first three heights on her first attempt; 1.77m (5'-9.75"), 1.82m (5'-11.5"), and 1.85m (6'-0.75"). The effort earned her the tiebreaker over a pair of athletes who failed in their first attempt at 1.85m (6'-0.75").
Griffith's high jump performance came after she took 13th in the pentathlon Friday with a score of 4,138. Her best effort was in the high jump, as she led all pentathlon competitors by clearing 1.81m (5'-11.25").
She would also place 10th among the pentathlon field in the shot put (11.90m / 39'-0.5"), 12th in the 800m (2:24.13), 13th in the 60m hurdles (8.68), and 14th in the long jump (5.66m / 18'-7").Â
The Arlington, Indiana, native is just the second Ball State track & field student-athlete to compete in multiple events in the NCAA Indoor Championships in the same season. She is also the third athlete in program history to earn All-American honors for two consecutive years. Â "We are incredibly proud of Charity's success this weekend at the NCAA Championship. She showed bravery and courage as she battled in the competition. She represented the University, our track and field program, and herself well," said head coach Adrian Wheatley. Griffith and the Ball State track and field team begin their outdoor season on Saturday, March 18 at the Blizzard Buster meet in Oxford, Ohio.
