TF Competes at WashU Distance Carnival and Pacesetter Sports Invitational

MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State track and field team will be represented at two meets this weekend for the second week of outdoor competition. Getting the weekend started, members of the distance squad will head to St. Louis, Missouri on Thursday (Mar. 27) to run their first races of the season at the WashU Distance Carnival. Then on Saturday (Mar. 29), the Cardinals will head west to Indiana State's Pacesetter Sports Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Live results for the WashU Distance Carnival can be found here. Live results for the Pacesetter Sports Invitational can be found here.

Last Time Out:
Most recently, Ball State track and field opened its outdoor stint at the TCU Alumni Invite in Fort Worth, Texas. The team came away with nine personal best performances as well as multiple top placers.

Junior thrower, Malena Higgins, had a particularly successful weekend after hitting a huge improvement in her discus throw. Higgins hit a mark of 46.13 meters, smashing her old personal best by almost 10 meters and securing a spot in the Ball State record book as the fifth farthest outdoor discus finish.

Also having a standout meet was senior multis athlete, Kenli Nettles. Nettles opened the meet with a fourth-place finish in the high jump, hitting a height of 1.70 meters right behind Cardinals high jumper Malina Miller who finished third. Nettles went on to run a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing fifth in a field of 23 with a time of 1:01.51. In her final event, Nettles joined the 4x400-meter relay team, finishing fifth in 3:52.27.

Up Next:
Following this two-meet weekend, the Cardinals will look ahead to Friday, Apr. 4 when they will travel to Athens, Ohio for Ohio's Cherry Blossom Invitational.

Ball State Individual Entries at WashU Distance Carnival:
Thursday
Track Events
6:58 p.m. 5k Section 8

Ball State Individual Entries at Pacesetter Sports Invitational:
Saturday
Field Events
11:00 a.m. Javelin
11:00 a.m. *Women's Hammer Throw to start at conclusion of men's event.
12:00 p.m. Long Jump
*Triple Jump will start at the conclusion of the long jump.
TDB – Shot Put
TBD – Discus
TBD – High Jump

Track Events
2:00 p.m. 4x100m Relay
2:25 p.m. 1500m
2:45 p.m. 100m Hurdles
3:10 p.m. 100m
3:35 p.m. 400m
3:50 p.m. 800m
4:10 p.m. 400m Hurdles
4:30 p.m. 200m
5:20 p.m. 4x400m Relay

TF Competes at WashU Distance Carnival and Pacesetter Sports Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Malena Higgins

Malina Miller

Kenli Nettles