Cardinals Set to Compete at Gem City Invitational

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State track and field will head to Springfield, Ohio on Saturday (Feb. 8) for the Gem City Invite, hosted by Wittenberg and Dayton University.

Last Time Out:
Last weekend, the Cardinals were represented at both, the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational (Jan. 31) and the Meyo Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1). At the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational, Ball State's multi-event athletes, Jenelle Rogers, Sophie Daugard and Kenli Nettles, competed in their first pentathlon of the season. Rogers and Daugard finished on top of the leaderboards, securing first (4188) and second place (3721). After their performances, they now lead the Mid-American Conference in the pentathlon.

The rest of the group competed up in South Bend at the Meyo Invitational. In total, the Cardinals collected four event wins, four personal best performances and three new placements in the Ball State track and field record book. Sarah Mahnensmith and Carly Spletzer were among the three record-book placers, running into the third and fourth fastest 3k times in Ball State history at 9:40.80 and 9:43.37, respectively.

Jenna Oriani also added a time in the record book, moving from the third fastest to the second fastest with a time of 54.98.

Ball State Entries at Gem City Invite:
Track Events
1:00 p.m. 5k
1:45 p.m. 60m Hurdle Trials
2:00 p.m. 60m Trials
2:45 p.m. 60m Hurdle Finals
2:55 p.m. 60m Finals
3:10 p.m. 400m
3:45 p.m. 800m
4:45 p.m. 200m
5:35 p.m. 3k
6:15 p.m. 4x400m Relay

Field Events
2:00 p.m. Weight Throw
2:00 p.m. Long Jump
4:00 p.m. Shot Put
4:00 p.m. Triple Jump
4:00 p.m. High Jump

Up Next:
The Cardinals will split again next weekend (Feb. 14-15) as one group will go to Allendale, Michigan for the GVSU Big Meet and one group will head to Chicago, Illinois for the Windy City Invite. These will be the final meets of the regular season before Ball State prepares for the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-Mar. 1) at the end of the month.

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Players Mentioned

Sophie Daugard

Sarah Mahnensmith

Kenli Nettles

Jenna Oriani

Carly Spletzer