SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Ball State track and field competed all day Saturday (Feb. 8) at Wittenburg University in Springfield, Ohio for the Gem City Invitational.
The distance team got the day started with the 5,000-meter run. Both, Jessica Velez and Kendyl Thrasher ran significant personal bests, finishing second and third overall. Velez improved her time by 11 seconds, finishing with a new best time of 18:18.94. Thrasher shaved almost a full minute off her 5k time, breaking 19 minutes with a new best time of 18:57.08.
Sophie Daugard won the 60-meter hurdles, tying her personal best time of 8.