T&F Travels to Murray State for Margaret Simmons Invite

MURRAY, Ky. – The Ball State Track and field team travels to Murray State University to compete at the Marshall Gage track in the Margaret Simmons Invitational on Saturday, March 25.

The Cardinals opened their outdoor season at last weekend's Blizzard Buster meet in Oxford, Ohio. The Cardinals collected three event wins on the weekend in the 200m (Emma Potter), the 100m (Alana Springer), and the 4x100m relay (Moriah Johnson, Alana Springer, Lindley Steele, Jenna Oriani), and will look to add to that total as they head into their second outdoor meet of the season.

The Cardinals are slated to compete in 15 different events on Saturday. The Margaret Simmons Invite begins with the long jump on Saturday, March 25 at noon. Live results for the meet can be found here.

Ball State Entries in the Margaret Simmons Invite

Saturday, March 25

Long Jump (12:00 p.m.): McKenna Cinotte, Lea-Marie Diedicke
4x100m Relay (1:10 p.m.): Moriah Johnson, Alana Springer, Lindley Steele, Jenna Oriani
1,500m (1:25 p.m.): Ella Fullmer, Juliana Stogsdill, Sarah Mahnensmith, Shelby Christman
100 Hurdles Prelim (2:05 p.m.): Lea-Marie Diedicke, Charity Griffith, Makensie Kramer, Mary Porter, Jenelle Rogers, Jennah Rogers
400m (2:30 p.m.): Allison Valladay, Leila Williams-Molitor, Emma Potter, Maci Easton,
100m Prelim (2:55 p.m.): Alana Springer, Lindley Steele, Taylor Hickman, Moriah Johnson, Jenna Oriani, Jennah Rogers
800m (3:15 p.m.): Grace Dean, Ella Fullmer, Juliana Stogsdill
Discus (3:30 p.m.): Malena Higgins
400 Hurdles (3:50 p.m): Leila Williams-Molitor, Mary Porter
200m (4:15 p.m.): Maci Easton, Alana Springer, Lindley Steele, Lea-Marie Diedicke, Charity Griffith, Taylor Hickman, Jenna Oriani, Emma Potter, Jenelle Rogers, Jennah Rogers
Triple Jump (4:30 p.m.): McKenna Cinotte
5000m (5:00 p.m.): Jessica Velez, Jocilyn Stackis, Jenna Schifferer, Vivian Van Eck, Sarah Greer
4x400m Relay (5:45 p.m.): 'A': Leila Williams-Molitor, Emma Potter, Allison Valladay, Grace Dean
100 Hurdles Final (tba): Mary Porter, Leila Williams-Molitor, Jennah Rogers
'B': Juliana Stogsdill, Mary Porter, Maci Easton, Taylor Hickman
Shot Put (tba): Malena Higgins

CARDINALS IN THE MAC RANKINGS
After the Cardinals' first outdoor meet of the season, here is a look at some of the Cardinals on the current Mid-American Conference outdoor performance list.

100M: 1. Alana Springer (11.91), 3. Jenna Oriani (11.95), 8. Lindley Steele (12.26), 14. Emma Potter (12.90)
200m: 7. Emma Potter (25.65)
400m: 4. Alexis Thigpen (59.01)
1500m: 4. Jenna Schifferer (4:55.02)
800m: 4. Jenna Schifferer (2:26.33)

CARDINALS IN THE NCAA RANKINGS
The Cardinals find themselves ranked on the NCAA outdoor performance list under two events. Freshman Alana Springer breaks the top 90 in the 100m, and the 4x100m relay team ranks 68^th in the event.

4x100m Relay: 68. Ball State (Moriah Johnson, Alana Springer, Lindley Steele, Jenna Oriani) (47.06)
100m: 89. Alana Springer (11.91)

EVENT WINNERS
The Cardinals collected three event wins at their first outdoor meet of the season, the Blizzard Buster, last weekend in Oxford, Ohio.

Blizzard Buster
100m: Alana Springer (11.91)
200m: Emma Potter (25.65)
4x100m Relay: Moriah Johnson, Alana Springer, Lindley Steele, Jenna Oriani (47.06)

T&F Travels to Murray State for Margaret Simmons Invite

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Players Mentioned

Mckenna Cinotte

Maci Easton

Ella Fullmer

Taylor Hickman

Malena Higgins

Moriah Johnson

Makensie Kramer

Sarah Mahnensmith

Jenna Oriani

Mary Porter

Emma Potter

Jenelle Rogers

Jennah Rogers

Jenna Schifferer

Alana Springer

Jocilyn Stackis

Lindley Steele

Alexis Thigpen

Allison Valladay

Jessica Velez

Leila Williams-Molitor