NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Track & Field program is set to host the Redbird Tune-Up this Friday at Horton Field House at 3 p.m.
For the second consecutive year, the Redbirds hosted the Redbird Tune-Up before heading to the Missouri Valley Indoor Conference meet. In last season's event, 26 Redbirds recorded personal bests. Senior Windsor Roberts also broke the Horton Field House pole vault record with a leap of 3.89m (12-9).
As a part of Friday's meet, Illinois State Athletics is pleased to announce the first-ever Reggie's Kids Club Day at a Redbird Track & Field Event. Any Reggie's Kids Club Member can sign up to participate in a kid's 60m dash during the meet.
The Redbirds return home following a historic weekend at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 14-15) at Vanderbilt University. Across the weekend 15 Redbirds entered/moved up the program's top-10 list for their event.
To close out the two-day event, the men's 4x400m relay team of Nwagwu, Paul, Ward, and Welch, broke their school record with a time of 3:10.44. The marks sit at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference and fifth in the Midwest Region.
On Friday, Sophomore Grace Erb picked up her first career entry into a top-10 list in the women's mile after she ran a time of 4:50.50. Her mark is tied for the ninth fastest time in Illinois State history.
Junior Star Mpama followed in the 600m dash with a time of 1:32.41. Mpama improved on her previous top-10 mark and now sits fifth in Redbird history.
Juniors Erin Starks and Lindsey Miller recorded top-10 marks in the women's 200m dash with marks of 24.03 and 24.17. They now sit fourth and fifth in Illinois State track & field history.
Sophomore Brody Squires wrapped up Friday with a top-10 mark in the men's long jump with a jump of 7.29m (23-11). Squires moves to seventh all-time in program history.
On Saturday, Freshman Reece Curtis earned a top-10 time in the men's 60m dash with a time of 6.73. Curtis joins first-year teammates Zach Paul, Julian Baker, Braeden Brown as the fourth freshman to enter a top-10 list this season.
Erin Starks and Senior Corrina Courser improved on their top ten marks in the 60m hurdles with times of 8.33 and 8.41. The hurdle duo now sits third and fourth in Illinois State history.
Junior Jake Welch improved on his 400m top-10 time with a mark of 47.42. His time moved him to seventh all-time.
In the women's 800m run Grace Erb and Junior Mattison Plummer each earned top-10 times with marks of 2:10.98 and 2:08.82. Erb picked up her second top-10 mark of the weekend and Plummer tallied her third top-10 this season. She now holds a top-10 time in 800m, Mile, and 3000m.
Junior Maggie Reed notched a top-10 mark with a time of 9:41.95 in the 3000m. Reed recorded her first top-10 mark of her career.
