Kauppila, Ratney, Springer Highlight Day 2 of Meyo Invitational

Friday, January 30

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Kauppila, Ratney, Springer Highlight Day 2 of Meyo Invitational

January 31, 2026 | Track & Field

Notre Dame Meyo Invitational Meet Results

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Sprints and more personal bests highlighted Day 2 of the Meyo Invitational for the Ball State Cardinals. Most impressive were a pair of double-event competitors -- freshman Kaitlyn Kauppila and sophomore Laya'Lapri Ratney -- who both performed highly while racing multiple races.

Saturday's best finisher was senior Alana Springer who's fourth-place finish in the 60m dash was three spots ahead of Ratney in the final. Springer placed fourth in her semifinal heat and again in the final. Ratney was eighth after the semis, and finished the finals in seventh.

For Ratney, it culminated a day which began with the 60m hurdles, as Ball State's only entry. The hurdles semis and finals just 30 minutes ahead of the 60m dash, Ratney was third as a qualifier for the finals, and finished fifth overall -- just prior to running the finals of the 60m dash.

Similarly, Kauppila ran a pair of distance races on Saturday, starting her morning with the 3000 meters, then coming back in the afternoon as Ball State's only entry in the mile run. The finished 10th overall in the 3000 meters and, while 35th overall in the mile, she completed the course with a personal record time of 5:03.53.

Other top performers on Saturday included freshman Amina Hadziahmetovic's PR and 12th-place finish in the 400 meters. Junior Brooklyn Taylor paced the Cardinals with a 13th place finish and the longest throw of her career in the shot put.

The Cardinals resume their indoor schedule next weekend at the Chippeway Invitational, at Central Michigan, on Saturday, Feb. 7.

Friday's results at the Louisville Lenny Lyles Indoor Track Meet
Pentathlon
Kenli Nettles, Sr. - DNF
60m hurdles - 5th, 8.63 PR
High Jump - 3rd, 1.63m
Shot Put - 3rd, 11.86m
Long Jump - 8th, foul
800 meters - DNS

Friday's results at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational
Pentathlon
5th, Kendra Keesling, Sr. - 3042 points PR
60m hurdles - 4th, 9.55
High Jump - 5th, 1.44m
Shot Put - 6th, 9.24m
Long Jump - 1st, 5.44m PR
800 meters - 4th, 2:44.17

6th, Phaelin Jones, Fr. - 2083 points
60m hurdles - 7th, DNF
High Jump - 7th, 1.38
Shot Put - 7th, 8.94m PR
Long Jump - 3rd, 5.18m PR
800 meters - 5th, 2:44.40

60m Dash - Prelims
2nd, Kylee Marshall, So. - 7.63 PR (qualified for semis)
13th, Savannah Lake, So. - 7.80
17th, Jiah Davenport, So. - 7.83
37th, Lindley Steele, Sr. - 8.17
Trinity Bibbs, Fr. - DNS

60m Hurdles
Lia Patterson, Fr. - DNS

200m Dash
2nd, Kylee Marshall, So. - 24.88
4th, Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. - 25.07 PR
30th, Savannah Lake, So. - 25.91
35th, Jiah Davenport, So. - 26.25
Trinity Bibbs, Fr. - DNS

Long Jump
16th, Taylor Hickman, Sr. - 5.22m PR
17th, Anisa Barnett, Fr., 5.20m
24th, Lindley Steele, Sr. - 4.89m

Shot Put
14th, Malena Higgins, Sr. - 13.20m
18th, Sydney Miller, Jr. - 12.73m
24th, Brooklyn Taylor, Jr. - 12.23m
30th, Ayla Rice, Jr. - 10.82m

5000m Run
31st, Emily Decker, Fr. - 17:24.09

Saturday's results at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational
60m Dash - Semifinals
4th, Alana Springer, Sr. - 7.51 (qualified for finals)
8th, Laya'Lapri Ratney, So. - 7.70 (qualified for finals)
11th, Kylee Marshall, So. - 7.73

60m Dash - Finals
4th, Alana Springer, Sr. - 7.49
7th, Laya'Lapri Ratney, So. - 7.75

60m Hurdles - Semifinals
3rd, Laya'Lapri Ratney, So. - 8.64 (qualified for finals)

60m Hurdles - Finals
5th, Laya'Lapri Ratney, So. - 8.67

Triple Jump
Taylor Hickman, Sr. - NM

Weight Throw
13th, Brooklyn Taylor, Jr. - 16.33m PR
27th, Sydney Miller, Jr. - 13.68m
29th, Ayla Rice, Jr. - 11.96m
Malena Higgins, Sr. - NM

400m Dash
12th, Amina Hadziahmetovic, Fr. - 57.19 PR
Abby Brennan, Sr. - DQ
Paige Kirtz, Jr. - DQ
Lia Patterson, Fr. - DNS

3000m Run
10th, Kaitlyn Kauppila, Fr. - 9:52.55
20th, Sarah Mahnensmith, Sr. - 9:58.82
33rd, Emily Decker, Fr. - 10:15.07
Maci Hoskins, Sr. - DNS

Mile Run
35th, Kaitlyn Kauppila, Fr. - 5:03.53 PR

4x400m Relay
11th, Springer, Brennan, Hadziahmetovic, Kirtz - 3:49.62