BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana State track and field teams were feeling it on day one of the Gladstein Invite at IU with seven personal-best performances, led by Taylor Austin in the mile.
 
"We had a lot of energy today," head coach Angela Martin said. "It seemed like in every event we had something positive happening and I'm really proud of the efforts. I'm excited to see what tomorrow brings."
 
Austin hit another milestone in her career on Friday, this time passing current senior associate AD Angie Lansing in the mile to move into second in ISU history. She finished second in the race, but crossed the line at 4:48.29, which overtook Lansing's time of 4:50.12. The only Sycamore in front of Austin now is her teammate Brooke Moore, who holds the school-record at 4:43.04. Austin currently owns the best time in the Valley and 19th overall time in the NCAA.
 
In the 60-meter hurdles, Ayanna Morgan continued to impress, this time improving her third overall time in school history. Morgan claimed victory in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.45, overtaking her previous career-best time of 8.46. She is sitting atop the MVC and is 32nd in the nation.
 
Junior Megan Doty put on an impressive performance in the women's 3000-meter run, earning second-place with a new career best at 10:06.24. She overcame her previous best by nearly seven seconds (10:13.05) and now has the fourth overall time in the MVC.
 
The field also held successes for the Sycamore women. Dayton transfer Erin Reese etched her name into Indiana State history, finishing second in the weight throw with a mark of 18.96m (62-02.50), good enough for eighth in school history. That mark pushed her into second in the MVC and 35th in the NCAA.

A Sycamore now owns the top mark in the MVC in the pole vault, as Kim Jackson finished with a mark of 3.70m (12-01.50), a new personal-record. She passed Illinois State's Ariana Cranston who took the top spot last week at the Terre Haute Double Dual.
 
Tasjia Thomas had a career-best performance in the triple jump, finishing second and recording a mark of 11.73m (38-05.75) which moved her up to sixth in the Missouri Valley Conference.
 
On the men's side, Ryan Cash and Akis Medrano ran stellar races in the 3K. Cash finished second, but earned a new personal-best time of 8:26.30 which is 12 seconds better than his previous best time and second in the MVC. Medrano finished right behind him in third, also recording a new career-best at 8:26.58 and he now has the third-best time in the conference.
 
Also earning a new personal-best mark was Hunter Schuman in the weight throw. Schuman picked up a second-place finish in the event and recorded an impressive mark of 18.59m (61-00.00) which moved him into third in the MVC.
 
Day two will resume tomorrow morning at 10:45 a.m. ET with the men's long jump and women's high jump, while action on the track will begin at 10:50 a.m. with the women's 200-meter dash.
 
Other Notable Day One Performances:
 
Men's 60-Meter Dash:
5. Jaynard Keys - 6.94
 
Women's 60-Meter Dash:
4. Shana Cooper - 7.74
 
Men's 60-Meter Hurdles:
3. Stephen Griffith - 8.28
 
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles:
3. Patrycja Dziekonska - 8.64
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash:
5. Michael Marling - 50.31
 
Women's 400-Meter Dash:
3. Rebecca Odusola - 57.87
 
Men's 5K:
5. Seth Cousins - 15:09.78
 
Men's Triple Jump:
3. Gino Brown - 14.43m (47-04.25)
4. Dearis Herron - 14.07m (46-02.00)
5. Myles Aldridge - 13.95m (45-09.25)
 
Women's Triple Jump:
5. Jamie Newsome - 11.60m (38-00.75)

Men's Pole Vault:
8. Antoine Howard - 4.71m (15-05.25) - PR
 
Men's Weight Throw:
3. Sam Overton - 17.18m (56-04.50)
 
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