Braves Set For Cyclone Open

Track & Field 1/21/2022 10:30:00 AM

PEORIA, Ill. – Bradley Track & Field returns to the state of Iowa for the second straight weekend and makes the second of three trips to the Hawkeye State during the 2022 Indoor Season this weekend with the Braves venturing to Ames, Iowa, for Saturday's Cyclone Open.

MEET INFO
Missouri Valley Conference rival Drake joins Bradley in the Cyclone Open field which also includes host Iowa State along with Minnesota, Missouri and NCAA Division I newcomer St. Thomas.

Action from the Lied Recreation Center gets underway at 1 p.m.

The Braves will have a total of 37 individuals competing during Saturday's action, with the men's squad sending 18 members to run in seven events (60 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 600 yards, 800 meters, mile, 3,000 meters). The Bradley women will have a contingent of 19 individuals competing in those same events along with the long jump, triple jump and 4x400 meter relay.

LAST TIME OUT
Bradley set three school records at last weekend's Hawkeye Invitational, in addition to freshman Nicola Jansen claiming the 3,000-meter title in her track debut. School records in the women's 600 meters (Tiana LoStracco), men's 60 meters (Eli Rieker) and 60-meter hurdles (Miguel Agyei) helped highlight Bradley's first outing since opening the indoor season back in early December.

MVC HONORS
Jansen was named the MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week Tuesday after winning the 3,000 meters at the Hawkeye Invitational. She nearly broke the school record in the event, setting a new meet record and winning the race by nearly 50 seconds with a time of 9:26.14. Jansen's time, which ranks 21st nationally and was the best 3,000-meter time in the MVC since 2018-19, was just over one second from topping Bradley's school record set by Caitlin Busch in 2016.

Jansen is one of three Braves to hold the top time in the MVC this season and one of seven Bradley individuals to have a time rank in the top five in the league. Sophomore Max Dieterich's personal-best 800-meter time of 1:52.89 from Saturday is the best in the Valley so far this season. In addition, junior Hannah Ivy's 400-meter time is tops in the MVC.

1^st – Max Dieterich, 800 meters
1^st – Hannah Ivy, 400 meters
1^st – Nicola Jansen, 3,000 meters
2^nd – Amiyah Davis, 400 meters
3^rd – Sophia McDonnell, Mile
4^th – Ashley Maguire, Mile
4^th – George Watson, Mile
6^th – Tyler Schwartz, 3,000 meters
7^th – Miguel Agyei, 60-meter hurdles
7^th – Joey Simon, 800 meters
8^th – Charlie Parrish, Mile
8^th - Will Smith, 400 meters
10^th – Julia de La Piedra Sitjas, Mile
10^th – Aidan Donohue, 800 meters

SEASON DEBUT
Sophomore Julia Nielsen is expected to make her first appearance of the 2022 track season Saturday in the 800 meters. Nielsen swept the 800-meter titles at the 2021 MVC Indoor & Outdoor Championships.

UP NEXT
The Braves will head west for the UW Washington Invitational in Seattle, Wash., which will be held Jan. 28 & 29.

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