MUNCIE, Ind. – For the second consecutive weekend, the Ball State indoor track & field team heads to Indiana University, this time for the two-day Indiana Relays which begin Friday.

   Action at the Gladstein Fieldhouse gets underway at 3 p.m. for the women, with both the 60m hurdles and the long jump. Friday's final event for the women is slated to be the DMR at 9:55 p.m. Saturday's events begin at 9:35 a.m. with the morning section of the 400m run.

   Over 1,200 athletes from more than 25 schools are set to compete at this weekend's Indiana Relays.

   At last weekend's Gladstein Invitational also hosted by Indiana, the Cardinals scored one event win and eight top 10 finishes among a highly competitive field.

   Leading the way for Ball State was redshirt junior Rebecca Lomax (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) who took home top honors in the pentathlon with a career-best score of 3725, which was 208 points better than second place and just shy of the school record of 3797 held by Thekla Lorenz.

   On the final day of competition, Lomax would post a Mid-American Conference Indoor Championship qualifying mark in the long jump with a career-best effort of 19'-2” (5.84m) to place third in the event. So far, Lomax is set to represent the Cardinals in the pentathlon, high jump (5'-7”/1.70m) and long jump at the league meet which runs Feb. 28-March 1.

   In addition to Lomax, junior Haley Austin (Avon, Ind./Avon) is qualified for the MAC Indoor Championships in the high jump, after clearing 5'-6" (1.68m) at the season-opening Gerry England Alumni Open.

   Redshirt sophomore Christina Crawford (Belleville, Mich./Romulus) is set to join Lomax in the long jump at the MAC Indoor Championships after a career-best leap of 18'-11.75 (5.78m) at the IWU Invitational, which currently ranks as the sixth-best long jump in the league this season.

   Entering this weekend's Indiana Relays, Ball State's student-athletes are ranked in the top 30 in the league in their respective events a total of 28 times, including five top 10 efforts.

2013-14 Ball State Top Indoor Times/Marks
(all times/marks are career bests unless followed by (CB = )

High Jump - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 5'-6"/1.68m)
   *Rebecca Lomax - 5'-7"/1.70m on 12/7/2013 (CB = 5'-8.75"/1.75m on 1/29/2011)
   *Haley Austin - 5'-6"/1.68m on 12/7/2013 (CB = 5'-7"/1.70m on 2/17/2012)

Long Jump - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 18'-10.25"/5.75m)
   *Rebecca Lomax – 19'- 2”/ 5.84m on 1/24/2014
   *Christina Crawford - 18'-11.75"/5.78m on 1/18/2014
   Makelle Skelton - 18'-3.75"/5.58m on 1/18/2014
   Lexi Kavanaugh - 16'-4.25"/4.98m on 1/18/2014
   Gabrielle Perryman - 16'-3.25"/4.96m on 1/18/2014

Triple Jump - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 38'-6.25"/11.74m)
   Gabrielle Perryman - 32'-6.5"/9.92m on 1/18/2014

Shot Put - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 47'-3.75"/14.42m)
   Rebecca Lomax - 41'-1.5"/12.53m on 1/24/2013
   Michaela Hull - 40'-1.25"/12.22m on 1/11/2014 (CB = 45'-2.25”/13.77m on 2/15/2013)

Weight Throw - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 56'-8"/17.72m)
   Marie Lumpkin - 55'-5.5"/16.90m on 1/18/2014
   Erin Walker - 52'-3.25"/15.93m on 1/18/2014 (CB = 54'-1"/16.48m on 2/15/2013)
   Jorden Traver – 48'-1.75”/14.67m on 1/18/2014 (CB = 49'-5"/15.06m on 2/15/2013)
   Michaela Hull - 42'-4.75"/12.92m on 1/18/2014

Pole Vault - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 12'-2"/3.71m)
   Hannah Ciasto-Poor - 11'-5.75"/3.50m on two occasions (CB = 11'-7.75"/3.55m on 2/22/2013)
   Elizabeth Eversole - 11'-0.75"/3.37m on 1/3/2014
   Megan Dearlove - 10'-0"/3.05m on 1/18/2014
   Rachael Walker – 10'-0"/3.05m on 1/18/2014
   Becca Carpenter - 9'-6.25"/2.90m on 1/11/2014

Pentathlon
   Rebecca Lomax - 3725 on 1/24/2014

60m Dash - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 7.66)
   Rebecca Lomax - 7.86 on 1/11/2014
   Christina Crawford - 7.87 on 12/7/2013
   Lexi Kavanaugh - 8.13 on 12/7/2013
   Zenée Gadson - 8.23 on 12/7/2013 (CB = 8.01 on 2/15/2013)

200m Dash - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 24.78)
   Rebecca Lomax – 26.09 on 1/18/2014
   Hannah Lange - 26.43 on 1/18/2014
   Christina Crawford - 26.59 on 12/7/2013
   Olivia Ashba - 26.72 on 12/7/2013
   Lexi Kavanaugh - 27.16 on 12/7/2013
   Makelle Skelton – 27.16 on 1/18/2014
   Ariel Hune - 27.25 on 1/18/2014
   Natalia Boykin – 28.36 on 1/18/2014
   Becca Kropf – 28.53 on 1/18/2014
   Kassidy Swenson – 28.62 on 1/18/2014
   Marie Lumpkin – 28.85 on 1/18/2014
   Haley Austin – 29.08 on 1/18/2014

400m Dash - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 56.61)
   Hannah Lange – 59.10 on 1/24/2014 (CB = 58.12 on 2/8/13)
   Makelle Skelton - 1:00.41 on 1/24/2013
   Ariel Hune - 1:01.11 on 1/11/2014
   Olivia Ashba - 1:01.41 on 12/7/2013
   Becca Kropf – 1:02.80 on 1/18/2014
   Gabrielle Perryman - 1:04.47 on 1/18/2014
   Natalia Boykin – 1:05.52 on 1/11/2014
   Kassidy Swenson – 1:05.68 on 1/11/2014

600m Run
    Rebecca Kropf – 1:45.00 on 1/24/14
    Kassidy Swenson – 1:45.82 on 1/24/14

800m Run - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 2:13.37)
   Danielle Dahl - 2:18.14 on 1/24/2014
   Madelyn Webster – 2:24.25 on 1/24/2014
   Jordan Timmons – 2:28.76 on 1/11/2014
   Becca Kropf - 2:29.74 on 12/7/2013
   Rebecca Lomax – 2:36.14 on 1/24/14
   Jordan Jenkins – 2:40.02 on 1/18/2014
   Ashley Schmidgall – 2:53.77 on 1/18/2014

Mile Run - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 4:57.92)
   Madelyn Webster - 5:19.13 on 1/24/2014
   Jordan Timmons – 5:27.24 on 1/18/2014

3000m Run - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 9:57.02)
   Courtney Edon - 10:25.31 on 1/24/2014
   Caitlynn Edon – 10:48.66 on 1/24/2014 (CB = 10:23.38 on 1/18/2013)
   Ericka Rinehart - 11:08.25 on 1/18/2014
   Katelyn DeVries - 11:30.08 on 1/11/2014 (CB = 10:23.48 on 2/8/2013)

5000m Run - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 17:33.47)
   Courtney Edon - 18:29.52 on 1/11/2014 (CB = 18:07.12 on 2/4/2012)
   Caitlynn Edon - 19:01.39 on 1/11/2014
   Katelyn DeVries - 19:16.98 on 1/24/2014 (CB = 17:30.74 on 1/18/2013)
   Ericka Rinehart - 19:41.52 on 1/24/2014

60m Hurdles - (MAC Indoor Championship Qualifying Standard: 8.72)
   Olivia Ashba - 9.18 on 12/7/2013
   Rebecca Lomax – 9.35 on 1/18/2014
   Kassidy Swenson – 9:39 on 1/24/2014
   Makelle Skelton - 9.54 on 1/18/2014
   Natalia Boykin – 9:94 on 1/18/2014

4x400m Relay
   Makelle Skelton, Ariel Hune, Danielle Dahl, Hannah Lange  - 3:58.54 on 1/24/2014