ALEXANDRIA, Ky. - The IU Indianapolis women's track and field team broke school records in both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays on Saturday (Apr. 11) as the Jaguars competed at Northern Kentucky's Norse Track Invitational at the Mustang Athletic Complex at Bishop Brossart High School. The group of Sophia Palmer, Jahzara McAlister, Paige Schulte and Sarah Madi-Bouabre broke the 4x100 record at the start of the meet, clocking a time of 47.42 seconds to shave one-tenth of a second off the prior best. 

Later in the meet, Schulte, Palmer, Skylar Ferry and McAlister spun a new school record in the 4x400, crossing at 3:55.09 to take nearly a full second off the prior best. 

The day was filled with highlights as Wini Barnett and Jenna Twedt took the top two spots in the 800m event with the former crossing at 2:16.63 for the fastest time by a Jaguar this season. Twedt crossed in a personal best time of 2:19.35, taking three seconds off her prior best. 

"We started super slow as a whole, so I saw my time at the 4 and got scared, so I sped up," Barnett said. "Then I heard my teammates cheering for Jenna right behind me and knew we were going 1-2 after starting in the back."

Moments earlier, Ferry earned a runner-up finish in the 400m event with a personal best time of 59.22, taking a half second off her prior best. 

In the mile, senior Julie Smith led a deep pack of Jaguars with a fifth-place finish, crossing at 5:10.69, while sophomore Ella Colclesser was sixth at 5:15.93. Senior Skyler Sichting was the team's top finisher in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.75 seconds. 

Madi-Bouabre placed third overall in the 200m dash and went under her season best time with an effort of 25.11 seconds, but did so in a wind aided effort. Fellow freshman Riley Flynn placed third in her first collegiate 5,000m race with a time of 19:09.47. 

Senior Jada-Marie Davis placed fifth in the high jump with a best jump of 1.50m (4' 11'') while freshman Elisa Algozine was fourth in the javelin in her first career entry, throwing 27.15m (89-1). Sichting also competed in the shot put with a best throw of 8.39m (27' 6.5''). 

The Jaguars will return to action next weekend when they split efforts between the Wake Forest Invitational and the Gibson Invitational in Terre Haute.