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BALL STATE Cardinals ::: 2024 Women's Cross Country

BALL STATE Cardinals

2024 Women's Cross Country

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Season Summary

Season Team Rankings and Finishes

Coaches’
Rank
    FINAL
Team Rank
First Stick
National NCAA DI
Regional Great Lakes 17th Carly SPLETZER (63rd)
  Conference Mid-American 7th Carly SPLETZER (26th)
  Bowling Green Falcon Invitational 0th Carly SPLETZER (9th)
  Joe Piane Invitational 0th Carly SPLETZER (22nd)
  We Fly Cardinal Classic 0th Carly SPLETZER (5th)

Athletes

Top Athletes Projection (TAP)

This is a projected listing of a team’s “A-team” as determined by participation in national, regional, or conference championship events. If prior to championship events, this list is the top-seven athletes based on head-to-head competition within the team during the regular season in countable, at-large eligible races (meeting date and distance criteria) in which those top athletes race.
  NCAA DI Great Lakes Regional

November 15
6.0k (3.7M)
0th place (0 pts)
Mid-American (MAC) Cross Country Championships

November 2
6.0k (3.7M)
0th place (0 pts)
Bowling Green Falcon Invitational

October 18
6.0k (3.7M)
0th place (0 pts)
Joe Piane Invitational

October 4
5.0k (3.1M)
0th place (0 pts)
We Fly Cardinal Classic

September 14
6.0k (3.7M)
0th place (0 pts)
Carly SPLETZER (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:37.5 (M) 5:50.1


63rd 1
20:52.2
(KM) 3:28.7
(M) 5:35.8
26th 1
21:38.8
(KM) 3:36.4
(M) 5:48.3
9th 1
21:46.3
(KM) 3:37.7
(M) 5:50.3
22nd 1
17:48.8
(KM) 3:33.7 / adj: 3:37.7
(M) 5:44.0 / adj: 5:50.5
5th 1
22:42.5
(KM) 3:47.0
(M) 6:05.4
Sarah MAHNENSMITH (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:41.6 (M) 5:56.7


78th 2
21:00.5
(KM) 3:30.0
(M) 5:38.1
42nd 3
22:14.3
(KM) 3:42.3
(M) 5:57.9
15th 2
22:03.9
(KM) 3:40.6
(M) 5:55.1
27th 2
17:57.4
(KM) 3:35.4 / adj: 3:39.5
(M) 5:46.7 / adj: 5:53.2
11th 2
23:34.4
(KM) 3:55.7
(M) 6:19.3
Evie NOEL (SO)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:42.2 (M) 5:57.6


97th 3
21:25.6
(KM) 3:34.2
(M) 5:44.8
29th 2
21:50.8
(KM) 3:38.4
(M) 5:51.5
17th 3
22:07.2
(KM) 3:41.2
(M) 5:55.9
30th 3
17:59.3
(KM) 3:35.8 / adj: 3:39.8
(M) 5:47.4 / adj: 5:53.8
12th 3
23:43.6
(KM) 3:57.2
(M) 6:21.8
Shelby CHRISTMAN (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:45.9 (M) 6:03.5


112th 4
21:38.1
(KM) 3:36.3
(M) 5:48.1
49th 4
22:23.8
(KM) 3:43.9
(M) 6:00.4
33rd 4
22:40.8
(KM) 3:46.8
(M) 6:04.0
39th 4
18:04.9
(KM) 3:36.9 / adj: 3:41.0
(M) 5:49.2 / adj: 5:55.6
16th 4
24:08.4
(KM) 4:01.4
(M) 6:28.5
Jessica VELEZ (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:48.4 (M) 6:07.6


143rd 5
22:08.1
(KM) 3:41.3
(M) 5:56.2
59th 6
22:42.3
(KM) 3:47.0
(M) 6:05.4
51st 6
23:18.1
(KM) 3:53.0
(M) 6:15.0
107th 6
19:02.0
(KM) 3:48.4 / adj: 3:52.4
(M) 6:07.5 / adj: 6:14.1
Tori JACKSON (FR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:50.2 (M) 6:10.5


156th 6
22:23.6
(KM) 3:43.9
(M) 6:00.3
55th 5
22:34.1
(KM) 3:45.6
(M) 6:03.2
41st 5
23:05.4
(KM) 3:50.9
(M) 6:11.6
91st 5
18:45.5
(KM) 3:45.1 / adj: 3:49.1
(M) 6:02.2 / adj: 6:08.7
17th 5
24:10.2
(KM) 4:01.7
(M) 6:28.9
Jenna SCHIFFERER (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:58.1 (M) 6:23.1


178th 7
22:52.1
(KM) 3:48.6
(M) 6:08.0
75th 7
23:14.6
(KM) 3:52.4
(M) 6:14.0
71st 7
23:57.6
(KM) 3:59.6
(M) 6:25.6
112th 7
19:07.6
(KM) 3:49.5 / adj: 3:53.5
(M) 6:09.3 / adj: 6:15.9
26th 7
25:37.3
(KM) 4:16.2
(M) 6:52.3

Season Race-by-Race Results

November 15 NCAA DI Great Lakes Regional
Norton, Ohio * Silver Creek Metro Park (host: MAC (Mid-American))
6.0k (3.7M)

Ball State Starters
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time
63rd Carly SPLETZER SR 20:52.2
78th Sarah MAHNENSMITH SR 21:00.5
97th Evie NOEL SO 21:25.6
112th Shelby CHRISTMAN SR 21:38.1
143rd Jessica VELEZ SR 22:08.1
156th Tori JACKSON FR 22:23.6
178th Jenna SCHIFFERER SR 22:52.1
Team Scores
Team
Rank
Score 1-5
Gap
TAP
s/f
Team NCAA DI
Region
Conference
0th 0s/0f 1:10.8 6s/6f   Toledo Great Lakes 3 Mid-American (1)
0th 0s/0f 0:58.8 7s/7f   Michigan State Great Lakes 4 Big Ten (6)
0th 0s/0f 0:28.8 7s/7f   Notre Dame Great Lakes 1 AQ ACC (1)
0th 0s/0f 2:01.5 7s/7f   Central Michigan Great Lakes 13 Mid-American (5)
0th 0s/0f 1:06.0 7s/7f   Ohio State Great Lakes 5 Big Ten (8)
0th 0s/0f 1:02.3 7s/7f   Michigan Great Lakes 6 Big Ten (9)
0th 0s/0f 0:29.1 7s/7f   Wisconsin Great Lakes 2 AQ Big Ten (3)
0th 0s/0f 2:11.7 7s/7f   Cincinnati Great Lakes 15 Big 12 (11)
0th 0s/0f 1:18.7 7s/7f   Eastern Michigan Great Lakes 10 Mid-American (3)
0th 0s/0f 1:04.0 7s/7f   Indiana Great Lakes 9 Big Ten (13)
0th 0s/0f 1:41.7 7s/7f   Western Michigan Great Lakes 18 Mid-American (6)
0th 0s/0f 0:50.2 7s/7f   Indiana State Great Lakes 8 Missouri Valley (2)
0th 0s/0f 1:58.5 7s/7f   Akron Great Lakes 19 Mid-American (8)
0th 0s/0f 0:34.3 7s/7f   Ohio Great Lakes 7 Mid-American (2)
0th 0s/0f 1:52.7 6s/6f   Oakland Great Lakes 16 Horizon (2)
0th 0s/0f 0:56.9 7s/7f   Bowling Green Great Lakes 11 Mid-American (4)
0th 0s/0f 1:08.5 5s/5f   Purdue Great Lakes 12 Big Ten (14)
0th 0s/0f 2:36.0 7s/7f   Milwaukee Great Lakes 25 Horizon (5)
0th 0s/0f 0:26.2 7s/7f   Butler Great Lakes 14 Big East (5)
0th 0s/0f 1:45.9 7s/7f   Youngstown State Great Lakes 20 Horizon (4)
0th 0s/0f 1:15.8 7s/7f   BALL STATE Great Lakes 17 Mid-American (7)
0th 0s/0f 1:27.1 7s/7f   Miami (Ohio) Great Lakes 22 Mid-American (9)
0th 0s/0f 1:47.7 7s/7f   Purdue Fort Wayne Great Lakes 21 Horizon (3)
0th 0s/0f 4s/4f   Valparaiso Great Lakes Missouri Valley (11)
0th 0s/0f 1:40.5 7s/7f   Dayton Great Lakes 24 Atlantic 10 (11)
0th 0s/0f 2:43.3 7s/7f   Cleveland State Great Lakes 29 Horizon (10)
0th 0s/0f 0:41.4 7s/7f   Xavier Great Lakes 23 Big East (7)
0th 0s/0f 1:40.2 7s/7f   Marquette Great Lakes 27 Big East (10)
0th 0s/0f 2:00.9 7s/7f   Wright State Great Lakes 30 Horizon (11)
0th 0s/0f 1:01.5 7s/7f   Detroit Mercy Great Lakes 28 Horizon (7)
0th 0s/0f 1:49.2 7s/7f   Green Bay Great Lakes 31 Horizon (9)
0th 0s/0f 0:45.8 6s/6f   Kent State Great Lakes 32 Mid-American (11)

November 2 Mid-American (MAC) Cross Country Championships
Muncie, Ind. * None (host: Ball State)
6.0k (3.7M)

Ball State Starters
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time
26th Carly SPLETZER SR 21:38.75
29th Evie NOEL SO 21:50.76
42nd Sarah MAHNENSMITH SR 22:14.25
49th Shelby CHRISTMAN SR 22:23.76
55th Tori JACKSON FR 22:34.10
59th Jessica VELEZ SR 22:42.21
75th Jenna SCHIFFERER SR 23:14.58
89th Autumn SPENCE JR 24:00.84
92nd Kendyl THRASHER SO 24:21.13
Team Scores
Team
Rank
Score 1-5
Gap
TAP
s/f
Team NCAA DI
Region
Conference
0th 0s/0f 1:01.5 7s/7f   Bowling Green Great Lakes 11 Mid-American (4)
0th 0s/0f 1:43.0 2s/2f   Northern Illinois Midwest Mid-American (12)
0th 0s/0f 0:49.7 6s/6f   Toledo Great Lakes 3 Mid-American (1)
0th 0s/0f 1:44.9 7s/7f   Central Michigan Great Lakes 13 Mid-American (5)
0th 0s/0f 1:19.9 7s/7f   Eastern Michigan Great Lakes 10 Mid-American (3)
0th 0s/0f 2:18.0 7s/7f   Akron Great Lakes 19 Mid-American (8)
0th 0s/0f 1:08.0 7s/7f   Ohio Great Lakes 7 Mid-American (2)
0th 0s/0f 1:34.0 7s/7f   Western Michigan Great Lakes 18 Mid-American (6)
0th 0s/0f 0:55.2 7s/7f   BALL STATE Great Lakes 17 Mid-American (7)
0th 0s/0f 0:59.8 7s/7f   Miami (Ohio) Great Lakes 22 Mid-American (9)
0th 0s/0f 1:16.4 4s/4f   Buffalo Northeast 34 Mid-American (10)
0th 0s/0f 0:53.0 4s/4f   Kent State Great Lakes 32 Mid-American (11)

October 18 Bowling Green Falcon Invitational
Bowling Green, Ohio * Bowling Green Cross Country Course (host: Bowling Green)
6.0k (3.7M)

Ball State Starters
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time
9th Carly SPLETZER SR 21:46.3
15th Sarah MAHNENSMITH SR 22:03.9
17th Evie NOEL SO 22:07.2
33rd Shelby CHRISTMAN SR 22:40.8
41st Tori JACKSON FR 23:05.4
51st Jessica VELEZ SR 23:18.1
71st Jenna SCHIFFERER SR 23:57.6
77th Autumn SPENCE JR 24:04.2
87th Kendyl THRASHER SO 24:30.3
Team Scores
Team
Rank
Score 1-5
Gap
TAP
s/f
Team NCAA DI
Region
Conference
0th 0s/0f 2:14.3 7s/7f   Akron Great Lakes 19 Mid-American (8)
0th 0s/0f 0:58.8 7s/7f   Bowling Green Great Lakes 11 Mid-American (4)
0th 0s/0f 2:13.5 7s/7f   Robert Morris Mid-Atlantic 13 Horizon (1)
0th 0s/0f 1:25.7 7s/7f   Marshall Mid-Atlantic 19 Sun Belt (3)
0th 0s/0f 1:19.1 7s/7f   BALL STATE Great Lakes 17 Mid-American (7)
0th 0s/0f 0s/0f   Toledo Great Lakes 3 Mid-American (1)
0th 0s/0f 2:41.9 6s/6f   Cleveland State Great Lakes 29 Horizon (10)
0th 0s/0f 0:43.5 0s/0f   Michigan State Great Lakes 4 Big Ten (6)
0th 0s/0f 1:42.2 6s/6f   Wright State Great Lakes 30 Horizon (11)
0th 0s/0f 1:25.0 7s/7f   Detroit Mercy Great Lakes 28 Horizon (7)
0th 0s/0f 2:07.1 5s/5f   Kent State Great Lakes 32 Mid-American (11)
0th 0s/0f 1:41.7 0s/0f   Eastern Michigan Great Lakes 10 Mid-American (3)
0th 0s/0f 1:28.8 0s/0f   John Carroll NCAA DIII
0th 0s/0f 0s/0f   Ohio Great Lakes 7 Mid-American (2)
0th 0s/0f 0s/0f   Tiffin NCAA DII

October 4 Joe Piane Invitational
South Bend, Ind. * Notre Dame Golf Course (host: Notre Dame)
5.0k (3.1M)

Ball State Starters
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time
22nd Carly SPLETZER SR 17:48.8
27th Sarah MAHNENSMITH SR 17:57.4
30th Evie NOEL SO 17:59.3
39th Shelby CHRISTMAN SR 18:04.9
91st Tori JACKSON FR 18:45.5
107th Jessica VELEZ SR 19:02.0
112th Jenna SCHIFFERER SR 19:07.6
136th Autumn SPENCE JR 19:27.9
157th Kendyl THRASHER SO 19:59.7
Team Scores
Team
Rank
Score 1-5
Gap
TAP
s/f
Team NCAA DI
Region
Conference
0th 0s/0f 1:24.1 6s/5f   Miami (Ohio) Great Lakes 22 Mid-American (9)
0th 0s/0f 1:59.8 6s/6f   Texas A&M-Corpus Christi South Central 9 Southland (2)
0th 0s/0f 1:04.8 7s/7f   Indiana State Great Lakes 8 Missouri Valley (2)
0th 0s/0f 2:03.4 7s/7f   Windsor (Ont.) U Sports
0th 0s/0f 1:21.0 7s/7f   Akron Great Lakes 19 Mid-American (8)
0th 0s/0f 1:53.8 5s/5f   Milwaukee Great Lakes 25 Horizon (5)
0th 0s/0f 1:16.9 7s/7f   Cincinnati Great Lakes 15 Big 12 (11)
0th 0s/0f 0:40.7 7s/7f   Appalachian State Southeast 16 Sun Belt (1)
0th 0s/0f 1:39.5 5s/5f   Youngstown State Great Lakes 20 Horizon (4)
0th 0s/0f 0:41.7 7s/7f   St. Thomas (Minn.) Midwest Summit League (3)
0th 0s/0f 1:03.9 7s/7f   Purdue Fort Wayne Great Lakes 21 Horizon (3)
0th 0s/0f 0:48.2 7s/7f   Western Michigan Great Lakes 18 Mid-American (6)
0th 0s/0f 0:48.7 6s/6f   Idaho State Mountain 17 Big Sky (4)
0th 0s/0f 0:56.7 7s/7f   BALL STATE Great Lakes 17 Mid-American (7)
0th 0s/0f 1:53.9 6s/6f   Dayton Great Lakes 24 Atlantic 10 (11)
0th 0s/0f 1:38.2 5s/5f   Pepperdine West 34 WCC (10)
0th 0s/0f 2s/2f   Western Illinois Midwest OVC (5)
0th 0s/0f 0:21.5 5s/5f   UW-La Crosse NCAA DIII
0th 0s/0f 4:32.2 4s/4f   Valparaiso Great Lakes Missouri Valley (11)
0th 0s/0f 1:18.2 7s/7f   Cleveland State Great Lakes 29 Horizon (10)
0th 0s/0f 0:47.6 6s/6f   Green Bay Great Lakes 31 Horizon (9)
0th 0s/0f 1:44.7 2s/2f   Northern Illinois Midwest Mid-American (12)

September 14 We Fly Cardinal Classic
Muncie, Ind. * None (host: Ball State)
6.0k (3.7M)

Ball State Starters
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time
5th Carly SPLETZER SR 22:42.43
11th Sarah MAHNENSMITH SR 23:34.33
12th Evie NOEL SO 23:43.58
16th Shelby CHRISTMAN SR 24:08.34
17th Tori JACKSON FR 24:10.18
21st Autumn SPENCE JR 24:39.32
26th Jenna SCHIFFERER SR 25:37.27
Team Scores
Team
Rank
Score 1-5
Gap
TAP
s/f
Team NCAA DI
Region
Conference
0th 0s/0f 1:40.3 7s/7f   Akron Great Lakes 19 Mid-American (8)
0th 0s/0f 1:04.0 0s/0f   Toledo Great Lakes 3 Mid-American (1)
0th 0s/0f 1:27.7 6s/6f   BALL STATE Great Lakes 17 Mid-American (7)
0th 0s/0f 0:59.9 5s/5f   Kent State Great Lakes 32 Mid-American (11)

August 30 Winrow-Valparaiso Open
Valparaiso, Ind. * Sunset Hill Farm County Park (host: Valparaiso)
5.0k (3.1M)

Ball State Starters
Overall
Place
Athlete Year Time
21st Carly SPLETZER SR 18:44.5
30th Sarah MAHNENSMITH SR 18:54.4
38th Jessica VELEZ SR 19:30.3
42nd Tori JACKSON FR 19:36.7
44th Autumn SPENCE JR 19:51.4
51st Jenna SCHIFFERER SR 20:18.7

Season Individual Results

Carly SPLETZER – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 30 Winrow-Valparaiso Open 5.0k (3.1M) 18:44.5 21st
Sep 14 We Fly Cardinal Classic 6.0k (3.7M) 22:42.5 5th
Oct 4 Piane 5.0k (3.1M) 17:48.8 22nd
Oct 18 BGSU Falcon 6.0k (3.7M) 21:46.3 9th
Nov 2 MAC 6.0k (3.7M) 21:38.8 26th
Nov 15 Great Lakes 6.0k (3.7M) 20:52.2 63rd

Sarah MAHNENSMITH – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 30 Winrow-Valparaiso Open 5.0k (3.1M) 18:54.4 30th
Sep 14 We Fly Cardinal Classic 6.0k (3.7M) 23:34.4 11th
Oct 4 Piane 5.0k (3.1M) 17:57.4 27th
Oct 18 BGSU Falcon 6.0k (3.7M) 22:03.9 15th
Nov 2 MAC 6.0k (3.7M) 22:14.3 42nd
Nov 15 Great Lakes 6.0k (3.7M) 21:00.5 78th

Evie NOEL – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 14 We Fly Cardinal Classic 6.0k (3.7M) 23:43.6 12th
Oct 4 Piane 5.0k (3.1M) 17:59.3 30th
Oct 18 BGSU Falcon 6.0k (3.7M) 22:07.2 17th
Nov 2 MAC 6.0k (3.7M) 21:50.8 29th
Nov 15 Great Lakes 6.0k (3.7M) 21:25.6 97th

Shelby CHRISTMAN – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 14 We Fly Cardinal Classic 6.0k (3.7M) 24:08.4 16th
Oct 4 Piane 5.0k (3.1M) 18:04.9 39th
Oct 18 BGSU Falcon 6.0k (3.7M) 22:40.8 33rd
Nov 2 MAC 6.0k (3.7M) 22:23.8 49th
Nov 15 Great Lakes 6.0k (3.7M) 21:38.1 112th

Jessica VELEZ – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 30 Winrow-Valparaiso Open 5.0k (3.1M) 19:30.3 38th
Oct 4 Piane 5.0k (3.1M) 19:02.0 107th
Oct 18 BGSU Falcon 6.0k (3.7M) 23:18.1 51st
Nov 2 MAC 6.0k (3.7M) 22:42.3 59th
Nov 15 Great Lakes 6.0k (3.7M) 22:08.1 143rd

Tori JACKSON – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 30 Winrow-Valparaiso Open 5.0k (3.1M) 19:36.7 42nd
Sep 14 We Fly Cardinal Classic 6.0k (3.7M) 24:10.2 17th
Oct 4 Piane 5.0k (3.1M) 18:45.5 91st
Oct 18 BGSU Falcon 6.0k (3.7M) 23:05.4 41st
Nov 2 MAC 6.0k (3.7M) 22:34.1 55th
Nov 15 Great Lakes 6.0k (3.7M) 22:23.6 156th

Jenna SCHIFFERER – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 30 Winrow-Valparaiso Open 5.0k (3.1M) 20:18.7 51st
Sep 14 We Fly Cardinal Classic 6.0k (3.7M) 25:37.3 26th
Oct 4 Piane 5.0k (3.1M) 19:07.6 112th
Oct 18 BGSU Falcon 6.0k (3.7M) 23:57.6 71st
Nov 2 MAC 6.0k (3.7M) 23:14.6 75th
Nov 15 Great Lakes 6.0k (3.7M) 22:52.1 178th

Autumn SPENCE – JR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Aug 30 Winrow-Valparaiso Open 5.0k (3.1M) 19:51.4 44th
Sep 14 We Fly Cardinal Classic 6.0k (3.7M) 24:39.4 21st
Oct 4 Piane 5.0k (3.1M) 19:27.9 136th
Oct 18 BGSU Falcon 6.0k (3.7M) 24:04.2 77th
Nov 2 MAC 6.0k (3.7M) 24:00.9 89th

Kendyl THRASHER – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Oct 4 Piane 5.0k (3.1M) 19:59.7 157th
Oct 18 BGSU Falcon 6.0k (3.7M) 24:30.3 87th
Nov 2 MAC 6.0k (3.7M) 24:21.2 92nd