Track Team Ventures to Indy for Indoor Season's First Big Competition

Track Team Ventures to Indy for Indoor Season's First Big Competition

January 15, 2026 | Track & Field

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State runners, jumpers and throwers join student-athletes from nine different schools this weekend to compete in the Hoosier Horsepower Classic, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion, located on the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

Action with Ball State student-athletes gets underway at 12:15 p.m., Friday, with four Cardinals competing in the weight throw competition. Ten events will feature Cardinals' athletes on Friday, plus finals and five more events on Saturday. Numerous Ball State athletes will compete for the first time in the 2025-26 indoor season, which began in December and continued last week with three smaller meets with three schools competing in each.

In Indy, at the recently constructed Fall Creek Pavilion which housed the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships last winter, Ball State will compete against participants from Butler, Dayton, Illinois, IU-Indy, Lewis University, Judson (Ill.), Miami (OH), and Western Michigan. Select field events are divided into a Collegiate Division and a more elite Invite Division.

"We're excited to be back at full strength this weekend as we head to the fairgrounds in Indianapolis," said Cardinals head track coach Adrian Wheatley. "This is a great opportunity for our veterans to compete against strong conference and non-conference programs and really test where we're at early in the season. The focus stays the same to execute what we've been building in training, but now we get to do it in a live, competitive setting. And that's always something this group feeds off of."

Below is a list of Ball State entries in this weekend's meet, with previous qualifying marks:

Weight Throw
Malena Higgins, Sr. - 15.99m
Brooklyn Taylor, Jr. - 15.54m
Ayla Rice, Jr. - 15.08m
Sydney Miller, Jr. - 14.31m

High Jump - Invite Division
Malina Miller, Jr. - 1.75m

Long Jump - Collegiate Division
Kylee Marshall, So. - 5.79m
Lindley Steele, Sr. - 5.74m
Kendra Keesling, Jr. - 5.40m
Brenna Lehrke, Sr. - 5.52m
Phaelin Jones, Fr. - 5.05m

60m Hurdles
Laya'Lapri Ratney, So. - 8.55
Lauren Graham, Jr. - 8.76
Kenli Nettles, Gr. - 8.76
Lia Patterson, Fr. - 8.97
Lily Eagleston, Fr. - 9.21
Kendra Keesling, Jr. - 9.47
Phaelin Jones, Fr. - 10.04

60m Dash
Alana Springer, Sr. - 7.45
Laya'Lapri Ratney, So. - 7.57
Lindley Steele, Sr. - 7.66
Trinity Bibbs, Fr. - 7.72
Savannah Lake, So. - 7.78
Jiah Davenport, So. - 7.80

Long Jump - Invite Division
Kenli Nettles, Gr. - 6:01m
Anisa Barnett, Fr. - 5.27m

600m Dash
Mikayla Mimnaugh, Jr. - 1:44.10

High Jump - Collegiate Division
Kenli Nettles, Gr. - 1.70m
Lexi Hale, So. - 1.65m
Bella Jackson, Sr. - 1.65m
Kendra Keesling, Jr. - 1.40m
Phaelin Jones, Fr. - no height

3000m Run
Emily Decker, Fr. - 10:10.02
Kendyl Thrasher, Jr. - 10:53.03

200m Dash
Alana Springer, Sr. - 23.67
Kylee Marshall, So. - 24.40
Laya'Lapri Ratney, So. - 25.06
Abby Brennan, Sr. - 25.22
Paige Kirtz, Jr. - 25.22
Trinity Bibbs, Fr. - 25.38
Savannah Lake, So. - 25.67
Jiah Davenport, So. - 26.12
Lily Eagleston, Fr. - NT
Haylie Yeazell, Fr. - NT

Shot Put
Sydney Miller, Jr. - 13.54m
Brooklyn Taylor, Jr. - 13.51m
Malena Higgins, Sr. - 13.38m
Ayla Rice, Jr. - 12.14m

Mile Run
Sarah Mahnensmith, Sr. - 4:51.54
Maci Hoskins, Jr. - 5:11.88
Kaitlyn Kauppila, Fr. - NT

Triple Jump
Brenna Lehrke, Sr. - 11.75m
Taylor Hickman, Sr. - 11.38m
Anisa Barnett, Fr. - ND

400m Dash
Abby Brennan, Sr. - 55.68
Paige Kirtz, Jr. - 56.71
Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. - NT
Lia Patterson, Fr. - NT
Haylie Yeazell, Fr. - NT

4x400m Relay
A: Hadziametovic, Brennan, Kirtz, Patterson
B: Yeazell, Graham, Eagleston, Mimnaugh