2019-20 Track & Field Roster
Brooke Talhelm
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Franklin Central
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
BALL STATE TOP PERFORMANCES: TFRRS Career Stats Link
Cross Country PRs: 5K - 18:31.0 (9/30/16) | 6K - 22:50.6 (10/28/17)
Indoor PRs: 600m - 1:39.69 (1/2/18) | 800m - 2:14.08 (2/11/17) | 1000m - 3:01.39 (1/20/18) | Mile - 5:02.89 (2/9/17)
Outdoor PRs: 800m - 2:13.79 (4/1/17) | 1500m - 4:34.17 (5/12/17) | 3000m - 10:19.28 (3/18/17)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete (Indoor: 2018)
- Academic All-MAC (Cross Country: 2017 | Indoor: 2018)
2020 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (R-Jr.): The 2020 outdoor season was canceled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
2020 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (R-Jr.): Did not compete
2019 CROSS COUNTRY (R-Jr.): Did not compete
2019 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (R-So.): Did not compete
2019 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Jr.): Redshirted
2018 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.): Redshirted
2018 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (So.): Redshirted
2018 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (So.): Competed in six meets … Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete ... member of the 12th-place distance medley relay which clocked in at 12:34.73 at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23) … won the 800m at the Fred Wilt Invitational (Jan. 27) with a season-fast time of 2:16.90 … her season-fast mile time of 5:07.08 placed 14th at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 13) ... opened the season with a career-fast 600m time of 1:39.69 to place second at the Mastodon Opener (Dec. 2) ... logged a career-fast 1000m time of 3:01.39 to win the event at the Indiana Wesleyan University Invitational (Jan. 20) ... was also a member of the first-place 4x800m relay which tallied a time of 9:57.78 at the IWU meet.
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (So.): Competed in and scored in Ball State’s top five in five meets … Academic All-MAC ... placed fourth on the team and 61st among scored runners with a career-best 6K time of 22:50.6 at the MAC Championships (Oct. 28) … Ball State’s second-fastest runner at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10), placing 141st among scored runners in 23:12.1 … earned a season-best 5K time of 18:47.46 at the Louisville Classic (Sep. 30).
2017 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Fr.): Competed in seven meets … placed eighth in the 1500m run at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships (May 13) with a time of 4:35.45 … turned in a career-best 1500m run time of 4:34.17 one day earlier in the preliminary round of the event … placed second in the 800m run at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (April 1) with a career-best mark of 2:13.79 …
2017 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Fr.): Competed in seven meets … member of the fourth-place distance medley relay which clocked a time of 11:51.32 at the MAC Championships (Feb. 25) … also placed 13th in the mile run at the league meet with a time of 5:04.87 … won the 800m run at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational (Feb. 11) with a career-fast time of 2:14.08 … finished eighth at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3) with a career-best mile run of 5:02.89.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.): Competed in six meets … placed 86th at the MAC Championships with a season-fast 6K time of 23:58.2 … clocked a 6K time of 24:05.8 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 11) … placed second at the Ball State Cardinal Duals (Sept. 23) with a 5K time of 18:34.6 … ran a career-fast 5K of 18:31.0 to place 96th at the Joe Piane Invitational (Sept. 30).
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in both cross country and track & field at Franklin Central for coach Matt Sweetman … CROSS COUNTRY: Four-year letterwinner … all-state honorable mention as a freshman … all-conference as a sophomore, junior and senior … named team Most Valuable Performer as a junior, after earning Co-MVP honors her freshman season … Marion Country Coaches of Girls Sports Association (MCCGSA) Athlete of the Year nominee … led Franklin Central to a fourth-place finish at the state meet her freshman season, finishing second on the squad and 44th overall with a time of 19:12 … helped guide the Flashes to four sectional titles and a pair of regional championships … placed first at regionals as a sophomore (19:28) … clocked a career-fast time of 19:07 at the Marion Invitational as a junior … placed fourth at regionals as a junior (19:12) and senior (19:24) … TRACK & FIELD: Named all-state in the 800m run after placing sixth overall at the state meet her senior season with a time of 2:15.69 … set the school record in the 1600m run at the Flashes Showcase her senior season with a school-record time of 5:05.35 … also earned a career-fast mile time of 5:07.15 at the meet … also helped her 4x800 relay win sectional and regional titles her senior campaign … all-state in the 4x400m relay (9th) as a freshman … all-state in the 4x800m relay (7th) and 800m run (7th) as a sophomore ... all state in the 800m run (5th) and 4x400m relay (4th) as a junior … six-time all-conference honoree … team captain as a senior … team Most Valuable Performer as a sophomore and a junior … owns career-best times of 2:13.84 in the 800m run, 5:05.35 in the 1600m run, 5:07.15 in the mile run and 57.7 in the 4x400m relay.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jim and Ann Talhelm … full name is Brooke Ann Talhelm … has nine siblings … brothers are Michael, Joe, Robbie and Nathan … sisters are Kim, Jill, Christine, Julia and Carolyn … her sister Christine was a four-year letterwinner for the Ball State cross country and track & field programs from 2008-09 to 2011-12 … her father Jim competed in track and basketball at Franklin College …her sister Jill competed in track at Purdue … her sister Julia competed in track at Indiana … her brother Michael competed in track at Anderson … her uncle Tom Dunn played basketball at Miami (OH) … her uncle John Dunn played basketball at Butler … her cousin Meredith Dunn played lacrosse at Dusquene … her cousin Bruce Fields played basketball at Gardner Webb … born Feb. 27, 1998 in Indianapolis, Ind. … majoring in nursing.
