Track and Field Opens 2024 at Hawkeye Invitational

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Track and field will start 2024 with a trip to Iowa City, Iowa Friday morning for the Hawkeye Invitational.

The team is coming off a strong season-opening performance from the Tom Wright Open on December 9, 2023. They left with five first place finishes, three from Jenelle Rogers in the shot put (14.20m), long jump (5.83m), and 60m hurdles (8.60), a win from Alana Springer in the 60m dash (7.51) and a dominate 4x400m relay victory from the team of Lindley Steele, Paige Kirtz, Alana Springer and Jenna Oriani (3:56.83). There were also numerous personal best performances.

Throwing events will kickstart at 12:00 p.m. CST Friday afternoon. All other events will take place on Saturday, starting with the high jump at 11:00 a.m. CST.

The Cardinals will meet ten other teams, including Iowa, Bradley, Central Methodist, Indian Hills, Iowa Central, Iowa State, Lindenwood, Northern Illinois, South Dakota and UNI.

Following the Hawkeye Invite, track and field will prepare for the Bob Parks Memorial meet hosted by Eastern Michigan scheduled for January 20.

Ball State Entries in the Tom Wright Open
Friday
Weight Throw (12:00 p.m. CST)
(Shot Put to follow)
Saturday
High Jump (11:00 a.m. CST)
Unseeded 3k (12:15 p.m. CST)
60H Prelims (12:45 p.m. CST)
400m (1:10 p.m. CST)
60m Prelims (1:45 p.m. CST)
Long Jump (2:00 p.m. CST)
600m (2:10 p.m. CST)
60H Finals (2:50 p.m. CST)
60m Finals (3:00 p.m. CST)
Mile (3:10 p.m. CST)
800m (3:50 p.m. CST)
Triple Jump (4:00 p.m. CST)
200m (4:10 p.m. CST)
3000m Seeded (5:10 p.m. CST)
4x400m A+B Relay (5:40 p.m. CST)

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Players Mentioned

Paige Kirtz

Jenna Oriani

Jenelle Rogers

Alana Springer

Lindley Steele

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