EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State track & field heads to Bloomington, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky this Friday and Saturday for its first two-meet weekend of the indoor season. The Spartans are set to compete at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center, hosted by Louisville, and Indiana’s IU Relays at the Gladstein Field House.
The Spartans’ sprints, hurdles, jumps and throws squads will compete in Louisville, while MSU’s distance contingent will take the track in Bloomington. MSU returns to action after an impressive showing at last week’s Simmons-Harvey Invitational in Ann Arbor, posting three individual event wins. Sophomores Valadian Pallett and Opal Jackson took the top spots in the women’s throwing events, with Pallett capturing the weight throw title (18.65m) and Jackson making her season debut with a 15.83m toss to win the shot put. Fifth year Trevor Stephenson took the top honors in the men’s pole vault with a clearance of 5.20m to remain undefeated on the event this season.
In Kentucky, MSU’s sprinting contingent will be headlined by Amani Nuels (women’s 60m) and Noah Sage (men’s 400m) with both sprinters having placed second in their respective events at last weekend’s Simmons-Harvey Invitational. Several Spartans will also make their event debuts in sprinting, including three in the 200m. Junior Antonio Postell and sophomore Trey Searles will take their mark on the men’s side, while Nuels will make her debut on the women’s side. In the men’s 400m, sophomore Terrence Muex will make his event debut racing alongside Sage and Kendel Hammock, while Lexy Alston will look to improve upon last weekend’s fifth-place finish in the women’s 400m.
Spartan hurdler’s will be back in action looking to improve from last weekend’s performance. Kaia Scheffler will race on the women’s side having set a personal-record last weekend, finishing third with an 8.57 mark. Sophomore Logan Allen will make his 60m hurdles debut this season, taking the track with freshman Regan Lawrence. Lawrence finished in sixth-place last weekend, running a personal-record 8.65.
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