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PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational
IUTF Wrap Day One of Weekend Competition
1/30/2026 7:22:00 PM | Track and Field
LOUISVILLE, Ky./SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Indiana track and field opened the PNC Lenny Lyles invitational and Meyo invitational on Friday (January 17) inside Gladstein Fieldhouse with nine different event winners and several personal bests on first day of the event.
"Today was a good day for the group we took to Louisville," said associate head coach Valerie Brown. "It was a productive meet getting some personal best and season best marks."
At the Lenny Lyles Invite, Elle Knepp and Chayla Rankin started the day in the B Division Pentathlon. Rankin finished fourth, earning event wins in the high jump (1.70m) and the 800-meter (2:23.4; PR). Knepp finished eighth while setting personal bests in the long jump (5.72m/18-9.25), shot put (9.88m/32-5), 800-meter (2:35.6), and overall score (3492)
Kai Snell set a new personal best in the C Division women's 400-meter race with a time of 59.04. Kylee Poulton followed in the B Division race with a season best time of 56.99.
Antonio Smith earned the first win of the weekend, taking first in the B Division 400-meter race. Smith won with a personal best time of 47.74.
Symone Adams closed the competition in Louisville with a season best time of 25.11 in the C Division 200-meter race.
Amelia Dodds and Ciara Kepner were the lone Hoosiers to compete in the Meyo Invite. Dodds (1:28.61; SB) and Kepner (1:31.75; PR) finished third and sixth, respectively, in the women's 600-meter run.
Tomorrow's competition will open in South Bend, Ind. with the men's 3,000-meter run.
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"Today was a good day for the group we took to Louisville," said associate head coach Valerie Brown. "It was a productive meet getting some personal best and season best marks."
At the Lenny Lyles Invite, Elle Knepp and Chayla Rankin started the day in the B Division Pentathlon. Rankin finished fourth, earning event wins in the high jump (1.70m) and the 800-meter (2:23.4; PR). Knepp finished eighth while setting personal bests in the long jump (5.72m/18-9.25), shot put (9.88m/32-5), 800-meter (2:35.6), and overall score (3492)
Kai Snell set a new personal best in the C Division women's 400-meter race with a time of 59.04. Kylee Poulton followed in the B Division race with a season best time of 56.99.
Antonio Smith earned the first win of the weekend, taking first in the B Division 400-meter race. Smith won with a personal best time of 47.74.
Symone Adams closed the competition in Louisville with a season best time of 25.11 in the C Division 200-meter race.
Amelia Dodds and Ciara Kepner were the lone Hoosiers to compete in the Meyo Invite. Dodds (1:28.61; SB) and Kepner (1:31.75; PR) finished third and sixth, respectively, in the women's 600-meter run.
Tomorrow's competition will open in South Bend, Ind. with the men's 3,000-meter run.
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