4x400m Relay Team Shines as Ball State Sends Seven Cardinals to the Podium on Final Day of MAC Outdoor Championships

ATHENS, Ohio -- Seven Cardinals reached the podium on Saturday as Ball State completed competition in the 2025 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Ohio University. Top individual scorers for Ball State on the final day of events were hurdler Kenli Nettles and high jumper Malina Miller, who finished second and third in their events, and the 4 x 400-meter relay team which finished second in the championships' final event.

Members of the relay team were Paige Kirtz, Emma Potter, Allison Valalday and Jenna Oriani. Theire finish to conclude the meet matched Ball State's best finish of the afternoon by Nettles, who scored 11 points on Friday with a first-place finish in the heptathlon and eighth place in the long jump. Separately, Oriani earned a fourth-place finish in the 400m dash, with Potter right behind in fifth. In the 200m dash, Alana Springer earned another podium finish in fifth place.

Overall, Ball State finished in eighth place with 47 points. Nettles, who contributed five career-best times while participating in seven heptathlon events, plus the overall long jump and 400m hurdles, contributed 19 standings points over 10 separate events and reached the podium four times. Oriani was a part of 13 standings points, and Potter 12, as each reached the podium twice.

Ball State Individual Results at 2025 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships:
Saturday
Field Events
Triple Jump
10th - Mckenna Cinotte - 11.85m
14th - Brenna Lehrke - 11.47m
19th - Taylor Hickman - 10.76m

Discus
16th - Brooklyn Taylor - 41.48m
18th - Sydney Miller - 39.67m
21st - Malena Higgins - 35.62m

High Jump
T3rd - Malina Miller - 1.71m
17th - Lexi Hale - 1.61m

Track Events
4 x 100m Relay
DNF - Moriah Johnson, Alana Springer, Jenna Oriani, Kylee Marshall

400m
4th - Jenna Oriani - 54.38
5th - Emma Potter - 54.53

100m
5th - Alana Springer - 11.93

400m Hurdles
2nd - Kenli Nettles - 59.25

200m
6th - Alana Springer - 39.93

5000m
14th - Carly Spletzer - 17:53.61
17th - Shelby Christman - 18:12.54

4 x 400m Relay
2nd - Paige Kirtz, Emma Potter, Allison Valladay and Jenna Oriani - 3:42.02

PR - Personal Record
QUAL - Qualified for Finals

4x400m Relay Team Shines as Ball State Sends Seven Cardinals to the Podium on Final Day of MAC Outdoor Championships

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Players Mentioned

Shelby Christman

Mckenna Cinotte

Lexi Hale

Taylor Hickman

Malena Higgins

Moriah Johnson

Paige Kirtz

Brenna Lehrke

Kylee Marshall

Malina Miller

Sydney Miller

Kenli Nettles

Jenna Oriani

Emma Potter

Carly Spletzer

Alana Springer

Brooklyn Taylor

Allison Valladay