Ball State Track Team Splits This Week Between Meets at Louisville and Notre Dame

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Ball State Track Team Splits This Week Between Meets at Louisville and Notre Dame

January 29, 2026 | Track & Field

Louisville Lenny Lyles Meet Results Notre Dame Meyo Invitational Meet Results

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State continues racing and jumping and throwing this week, with athletes split between meets in Louisville and South Bend. Participating in her first pentathlon competition of the 2026 indoor season, Kenli Nettles carries the Cardinals flag into the Lenny Lyles Indoor Track Meet, Friday in Louisville. The rest of the Ball State team will compete over two days at the Meyo Invitational, conducted at Notre Dame's Loftus Center.

Nettles has competed in individual events over three indoor meets this season, but hasn't competed in a multi-event competition since reaching the NCAA Outdoor Championships last spring in the heptathlon. In the five-event indoor pentathlon, she finished eighth in the Mid-American Conference Championships last winter. Nettles begins competition from Louisville at 10:00 a.m.

In South Bend, Ball State's full roster will compete in one of its largest meets of the year, in a star-studded field at the Meyo Invitational. A full complement of Cardinals competitors will participate in events both Friday and Saturday, including Kendra Keesling and Phaelin Jones who also will embark on their first pentathlon of the indoor season.

This week's Ball State entries in Louisville and South Bend, with qualifying marks for each event:

Louisville Lenny Lyles Indoor Track Meet
Pentathlon
Kenli Nettles, Sr. - 3666 points
60m hurdles - 8.76
High Jump - 1.75m
Shot Put - 12.11m
Long Jump - 6.01m
800 meters - 2:18.01

Notre Dame Meyo Invitational
Pentathlon
Kendra Keesling, Sr. - 2459 points
60m hurdles - 9.47
High Jump - 1.70m
Shot Put - 10.32m
Long Jump - 5.38m
800 meters - 2:39.59

Phaelin Jones, Fr. - no score
60m hurdles - 10.04
High Jump - no height
Shot Put - 8.44m
Long Jump - 5.05m
800 meters - no time

60m Dash
Alana Springer, Sr. - 7.45
Laya'Lapri Ratney, So. - 7.57
Trinity Bibbs, Fr. - 7.65
Kylee Marshall, So. - 7.67
Savannah Lake, So. - 7.78
Jiah Davenport, So. - 7.80
Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. - 7.88

200m Dash
Kylee Marshall, So. - 24.40
Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. - 25.12
Trinity Bibbs, Fr. - 25.38
Savannah Lake, So. - 25.66
Jiah Davenport, So. - 26.12

400m Dash
Abby Brennan, Sr. - 55.68
Paige Kirtz, Jr. - 56.71
Lia Patterson, Fr. - 58.31
Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. - 59.10

Mile Run
Sarah Mahnensmith, Sr. - 4:51.54
Kaitlyn Kauppila, Fr. - 5:07.40

3000m Run
Sarah Mahnensmith, Sr. - 9:40.80
Emily Decker, Fr. - 10:01.14
Maci Hoskins, Sr., 10:10.48
Kaitlyn Kauppila, Fr. - NT

5000m Run
Emily Decker, Fr. - NT

60m Hurdles
Laya'Lapri Ratney, So. - 8.55
Lia Patterson, Fr. - 8.87

4x400m Relay

Long Jump
Lindley Steele, Sr. - 5.74m
Anisa Barnett, Fr., 5.47m
Taylor Hickman, Sr. - 5.15m

Triple Jump
Taylor Hickman, Sr. - 11.38m

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

Weight Throw
Malena Higgins, Sr. - 16.10m
Brooklyn Taylor, Jr. - 15.54m
Ayla Rice, Jr. - 15.08m
Sydney Miller, Jr. - 14.31m