Track and Field Prepares for Cherry Blossom Invitational

MUNCIE, Ind. – This Friday (Apr. 4), Ball State track and field will head to Athens, Ohio for Ohio University's Cherry Blossom Invitational. The meet will start at 11 a.m. ET with the hammer throw.

Live results can be found here.

Last Time Out:
In the team's last competition, the Cardinals had multiple top finishers and personal bests. The jumpers had three strong performances, beginning with Kenli Nettles third-place personal best finish in the long jump. In the triple jump, Brenna Lehrke recorded 11.61 meters for second place. Rounding out the jump events, Malina Miller won the high jump after hitting a season best mark at 1.72 meters.

On the track, the 4x100-meter relay team of Moriah Johnson, Alana Springer, Jenna Oriani and Kylee Marshall opened with a first-place finish, crossing the finish line with a time of 45.58.
Springer continued her success, winning the 200-meter dash in a time of 23.80 and taking third in the 100-meter dash in 11.66. Close behind in the 200 was Oriani, who finished second with a time of 24.29.

Emma Potter also finished the day with a victory, winning the 400-meter dash with a personal best time of 54.91.

Up Next:
Next weekend the Cardinals will host the 2025 We Fly Challenge at the Briner Sports Complex track on campus. Events will start on Friday (Apr. 11) at 9:30 a.m. with field events. Senior day will be on Saturday (Apr. 12), with recognition starting at 10:30 a.m. ET.

Ball State Individual Entries at Cherry Blossom Invitational:
Friday
Field Events
11:00 a.m. Hammer Throw
*Shot Put to follow
1:00 p.m. Long Jump
2:00 p.m. High Jump
3:00 p.m. Discus
*Javelin to follow
5:00 p.m. Triple Jump

Track Events
12:00 p.m. 100m Hurdles Preliminaries
12:30 p.m. 100m Preliminaries
1:30 p.m. 4x100m Relay
2:20 p.m. 400m
2:50 p.m. 100m Hurdles Finals
3:00 p.m. 100m Finals
3:15 p.m. 800m
4:10 p.m. 200m
5:00 p.m. 5k
5:45 p.m. 4x400m Relay

Track and Field Prepares for Cherry Blossom Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Moriah Johnson

Brenna Lehrke

Kylee Marshall

Malina Miller

Kenli Nettles

Jenna Oriani

Emma Potter

Alana Springer