2019 Illini Invitational
Date & Time	Jan. 25 - Jan. 26, 2019 | 3 p.m. ET/ 10:30 a.m. ET
Location	Champaign, Ill. | UI Armory
Meet Info	Meet Info | Schedule | Heat Sheets | Live Results
Indoor Records	Records
National Rankings	Top-25 Men | Top-25 Women | Men's Individual | Women's Individual
MVC Info	Preseason Poll | Track Home | Men's Records | Women's Records | Performance List
Track News	USTFCCCA | Track & Field News
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Indiana State Men's and Women's Track & Field teams will travel across the state border to Illinois this weekend to compete at the Illini Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
 
The Sycamores will be joined this weekend by DePaul, Illinois, Illinois-Chicago, Illinois State, IUPUI, Louisville, Milwaukee, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and Western Illinois.
 
During their last outing, both the men and women picked up victories at the John Gartland Invitational. The men claimed victory over Southern Illinois (116) and DePaul (52) with 131 points, while the women recorded 172 points and overpowered Southern Illinois (127), Missouri State (114) and DePaul (68).
 
Youth was once again apparent on the men's side for the blue and white, starting in the pole vault where freshman Callan Whitehouse claimed victory with a career-best mark of 4.92m (16-01.75). He now has the fourth-best mark in the Missouri Valley Conference.
 
On the track, freshman Matthew-Lewis put on a show in the 60-meter hurdles, this time recording a new facility record time of 8.05 in the preliminary round. He followed that performance by winning finals at 8.13. He owns the second-fastest time in the Valley.
 
The distance events were crucial to the Sycamores success for the men, with distance standout Akis Medrano winning the mile with a time of 4:18.61, just .12 ahead of ahead of teammate Cale Kilian who posted a new personal-best in second place of 4:18.73.
 
Ryan Cash and Quentin Pierce once again earned a one-two finish, this time in the men's 3K. Cash came out on top, clocking a time of 8:36.42 while Quentin Pierce was right on his tail, just .01 behind him at 8:36.43.
 
Cassuandra Roper led the Sycamore women in the field, recording the top throw of 15.27m (50-01.25) to take the crown. She also finished third in the weight throw at 19.45m (63-09.75). She leads the MVC in the shot put.
 
Senior Kim Jackson completed the sweep in the pole vault for the Trees, finishing atop the standings with a vault of 3.67m (12-00.50). Her performance gave her the third-best mark in the conference.
 
The 60-meter hurdles yielded strong results for Indiana State with Ayanna Morgan taking the top spot, racing to a time of 8.54. Fellow Barbados-native, Allana Ince, placed second behind Morgan with a time of 8.62. Morgan and Ince are still the top-two hurdlers in the MVC.
 
Junior Imani Davis and sophomore Rebecca Odusola finished in the top two positions of the 800-meter run for the Sycamores last Saturday. Davis led the way by recording a time of 2:13.97 and Odusola was close behind her at 2:15.06.
 
Last Saturday was a good day on the track for Brooke Moore who cruised to victory in the mile run, winning the event by eight seconds with a time of 4:51.05 over Grace Breiten of Missouri State. Moore's time converts to 4:48.20, which is at the top in the conference.
 
Moore was also a member of the winning distance medley relay team alongside Jessi Conley, Ayanna Morgan and Tara Cassidy who crossed the finish line at 12:16.57 for a 22 second victory. The DMR team is the best in the Valley.
 
Events on Friday at Illinois will begin at 3 p.m. ET with the heptathlon and pentathlon. Then on Saturday the field events will begin at 10:30 a.m. ET, while the action on the track will get started at 12:40 p.m. ET.

For the latest information on the Sycamore Track & Field teams, make sure to check out GoSycamores.com. You can also find the team on social media including Facebook and Twitter.