INDIANAPOLIS - The UIndy men's and women's track and field teams continue to make a statement as they competed in two different meets on Friday and Saturday. Most of the team traveled to Marion, Ind., to participate in Indiana Wesleyan's Wildcat Open on Friday. Meanwhile, a small group of student-athletes remained in Indianapolis to compete at the Midwest Classic held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Two program records fell at the Midwest Classic. Since the start of 2025, the Greyhounds have broken six records. On Saturday,
Josue Le Cadre secured his third within the last month in the men's mile run. Le Cadre ran 4:06.95, shaving 1.21 seconds off the previous record John Parson set in 2004. The sophomore battled his teammate
Felix Rivet during the race, battling out to the end. Rivet also passed the program record with a time of 4:07.79, but Le Cadre came out on top.
"The middle distance group has put together excellent blocks of training," said head coach
Brad Robinson. "It's exciting to see their hard work paying off with several school records broken this season."
Ellie Lengerich also broke a record this weekend at the Midwest Classic. Lengerich challenged herself by taking on the 600m, which isn't run at the NCAA Championships. The race featured the senior and three other runners from the University of Minnesota. Lengerich completed the race in 1:36.57, breaking the previous record that had stood for 15 years, held by Christina Carrick.
At the Wildcat Open,
Matthew Stewart took home fourth in the 60m dash (7.16) and third in the 200m (23.21). Freshman
Anthony Linville set a new PR and took third in the 400m after clocking 53.99. Also on the track,
Madison Schofield took first in the women's 200m (26.46) and second in the 60m (7.96).
Trinity Gleitz (1:02.65) and
Marina Agapios (1:03.83) finished first and second, respectively, in the 400m. The women's team 4x400m placed first with a time of 4:13.19, featuring
Caressa Addison,
Ashley Sanderson,
Cloey Simon, and Gleitz.
In the field,
Jorjia Ferguson won the long jump after reaching 5.04m. Teammate
Rebekah Mappes fell right behind Ferguson in second with a mark of 5.01m.
Mackenzie VanBibber reached a season-best height of 3.60m in the pole vault, securing her first place. The Greyhounds took the top four spots in the shot put with
Faith Hensel (12.46m) leading the way;
Hannah Dart (12.46m),
Amanda Noel (12.14m), and
Macie Swinehart (11.75m) following behind.
Zoe Pentecost claimed first in the weight throw with 19.28m, with this mark Pentecost sits fifth in the NCAA DII national rankings.
On the men's side,
Amarion Conyers competed in the high jump (1.88m) and the long jump (6.23m) and earned second and fourth place, respectively.
Cameron Smith also took on two events at the Wildcat Open: the shot put and the weight throw. Smith took third in the shot put with 15.52m and followed with a second-place finish in the weight throw at 18.61m. The senior's weight throw mark was a career-best for Smith and passed the NCAA Provo mark.
UP NEXT
UIndy will travel to fellow GLVC member Lewis on Friday, February 7, for the Lewis Invitational in Romeoville, Ill. The Greyhounds will then return to the Fairgrounds on Saturday for the Fairgrounds Invitational. This will be the final meet the team will attend there before the NCAA DII Championships in March.
