INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy track & field team divided its forces to two separate meets this weekend, traveling to Bloomington, Ind., for the Hoosier Open Friday and hosting the UIndy Winter Break Meet on Saturday. The Greyhounds combined to set four school records in the calendar year's final week of competition, all coming on the women's side.

HOOSIER OPEN
With the distance runners heading to IU, the Greyhound women went 2-for-2 in event titles, setting program marks in both 3,000-meter run and the mile. Junior Lauren Bailey shattered her own school record with a winning time of 9:38.79 in the 3K. California Baptist-transfer Berenice Cleyet-Merle also etched her name in the UIndy record books, posting an NCAA provisional time of 4:47.60 in the mile, shaving nearly four seconds off the old mark.

The men only competed in one event at the Hoosier Open, running in the 3K. Jacob Stamm led the Greyhounds with a sixth-place time of 8:36.70. Nathan Herbst finished right behind, dropping 25 seconds off his season best with a 8:38.11, good for seventh. Will Reid was able to drop time as well, posting a 8:50.58 to place 12th.

WINTER BREAK MEET
Two more events resulted in new UIndy records Saturday in the ARC. Cleyet-Merle returned to competition, claiming a record-setting win in the women's 800. Her final time of 2:11.04 broke an eight-year-old school mark while also hitting an NCAA provo. Brittney Clark inched her way closer to an NCAA automatic cut, rewriting her own program mark in the women's pole vault with a winning height of 3.97 meters – just .04 meters off the automatic bid.

Overall, the Greyhounds took home wins in 11 other events during the meet – six for the women and five for the men. Izabelle Nelson jumped 5.22 meters in the women's long jump, topping the second-place competitor by .22 meters. The Hounds took the 60-meter hurdles on both sides, as Keri Ertel (9.07) led the women and Sam DeWitt (8.49) took home the crown for the men.

Sheniya Brown continued her sophomore campaign with a second straight win in the women's 60-meter dash, finishing with a time of 7.87. Madison Vauters topped in the women's mile run, clocking in at 5:23.78. Ben Nagel bested a number of Greyhounds in the 800, crossing in 1:59.43.

UIndy took home wins in the next four races, including both 200-meter dashes, led by Brooke Green (26.20) and Alexander Brown-Baez (22.80). Kelsey Dugger (11:01.93) and AJ Goecker (8:55.03) topped the women's and men's 3K run, respectively.

The men's team took home a victory in the final event of the evening, as Mika Long, Nagel, Tyler Nolan and Trace Perez clocked in at 3:44.03 as the fastest 4x400 meter relay.

UP NEXT
The Greyhounds will commence a month long of winter training before appearing in their next competition: the Jim Green Invitational in Lexington, Ky., on Jan. 11.