INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy indoor track & field teams continued a successful season this weekend, setting two school records on the women's side spread across three separate meets. But the best moments came outside of competition, as the team recognized and thanked its 11 seniors prior to Saturday's home meet.

UIndy 2019-20 seniors include: Isabel Bradley, Matthew Cornett, Cameron Engelhardt, Keri Ertel, Deju Miller, Jamie Rhodes, Brian Sales, Rosemary Skripsky, Hunter Slater, Rhonale Terrell and Allen Wright.
 
GRAND VALLEY BIG MEET
UIndy's top distance runners headed north to Allendale, Mich., in what proved to be a very productive trip.
 
Junior Berenice Cleyet-Merle outran everyone Friday in the women's 800 meter, again breaking her own school record in the process. Her winning time of 2:06.80 was good for an NCAA automatic qualifier while shaving nearly seven seconds off her own program benchmark. She now ranks No. 1 in all of Division II in the event.
 
Cleyet-Merle returned on Saturday to help the women's distance medley relay team set another school mark. She joined Mary Watts, Yailene Leon and Lauren Bailey to post a time of 11:42.87, shattering the previous UIndy record by 32 seconds. The performance was good for fifth at the meet and eighth in the country to date. Fun fact: 10 of Division II's 15 fastest women's DMR times of the season were posted at Grand Valley this weekend.
 
Meanwhile, Bailey continued to make the most of her meet, setting a PR and hitting a provisional mark in the women's mile Friday. She notched a time of 4:55.75 to place seventh overall.
 
Other Greyhound PRs included Kelsey Dugger (5K, 18:59.54), Ben Nagel (800, 1:55.51), Nathan Herbst (5K, 14:57.77) and Chris Switzer (5K, 15:03.07).
 
IU HOOSIER HILLS
UIndy sent sprinters and hurlders down to Bloomingon, Ind., Friday to face some stout DI competition. All five Hounds that made the trek earned spots in their respective finals.
 
Sheniya Brown, UIndy's record holder in the 60-meter dash, posted a 7.81 in the 60 prelims and an even-faster 7.79 in the finals to take fourth place. She was joined in the finals by teammate Brooke Green, who took eighth at 7.95 seconds – a tick off her prelim time of 7.94.
 
Meanwhile, three Greyhound hurdlers forced their way into the finals. Senior Keri Ertel, a former IU student-athlete herself, crashed the party in the women's 60-meter hurdles final, taking fifth place with a time of 8.91.
 
A pair Greyhound men also secured a finals spot in a crowded field. Junior Dallas Ford crossed in 8.30 seconds to take fourth, while sophomore Sam DeWitt, who set a PR of 8.36 in the prelims, placed sixth in the finals with a time of 8.40 seconds.
 
UINDY TEAM INVITATIONAL
The Greyhounds wrapped up the weekend on campus in the Athletics and Recreation Center. After honoring their seniors in the a.m., the Hounds combined for 10 event wins in the final home meet of the season.
 
Junior Katrinia Hopkins swept the women's throwing events, winning the shot put with a PR of 14.37 meters before taking the weight throw title with a mark of 17.77. The Avon, Ind., native currently ranks in the top 20 in DII in both disciplines.
 
The Hounds occupied the top four spots in the women's pole vault, with Lauren Joseph and Brittney Clark each clearing 3.59 meters to top the field. Joseph's mark was good for a season best.
 
Highlights on the men's side included event wins from Alexander Brown-Baez (400, 50.54), Ben Nagel (mile, 4:26.04) and Chandler Martin (high jump, 1.90m). Also, Andrew DeRidder took second in the 60 meter with a PR of 7.00 seconds flat.
 
Additionally, Hannah Stein won the women's 800 (2:23.85) and Melissa Spencer took the women's 3K (10:35.78).
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds have one more week to prep for the GLVC Indoor Championships. UIndy is scheduled to compete at both the Ohio State Buckeye Tune-Up Feb. 21 and the Wittenberg STEEMER Showcase Feb. 22.