ROCHESTER, Mich. - The IU Indianapolis women's track and field team got standout performances from its newcomers on Saturday (May 9) as the Jaguars wrapped up day two of the Horizon League Outdoor Championships, hosted by Oakland. Freshman Sarah Madi-Bouabre was the star of stars for the Jaguars, earning a third-place finish in the long jump and qualifying for Sunday's finals in both the 100m and 200m dashes. 

Madi-Bouabre started the day with a banner effort in the long jump, posting a best mark of 6.03m (19' 9.5'') on her opening jump of the day. Having qualified for the finals, Madi-Bouabre passed on her next two jumps and entered the finals with the second-best mark. She was unable to top her initial mark of the day, settling for a third-place finish with a wind aided effort. 

She followed by earning a spot in the 100m finals with a time of 12.09 seconds and closed her busy day with a time of 25.24 seconds to also gain a spot in the finals. 

In the 100m hurdles, junior Journey Howard punched a ticket to the finals with a personal best time of 14.42 seconds, taking eight-hundredths of a second off her prior best. Two Jaguars notched spots in the finals of the 400m event as Paige Schulte ran a personal best time of 57.55 seconds and Jahzara McAlister finished at 58.28 seconds as the duo claimed the final two wild card spots. 

Freshman Sophia Palmer earned the final spot in the 400m hurdles finals with a time of 1:05.51 as the winds picked up over the course of the evening. Sophomore Ella Colclesser was on the cusp of scoring points in the 3,000m steeplechase as she was sitting in sixth-place with just more than 800m remaining before she suffered a fall and was unable to finish. 

Earlier in the day, freshman Elisa Algozine finished off a personal best heptathlon score of 3,249 points, keyed by a personal best long jump mark of 4.46m (14' 7.75''). She had a javelin throw of 23.11m (75-10) and finished with an 800m time of 2:46.17. 

Senior Skyler Sichting doubled on Saturday with a shotput mark of 9.39m (30' 9.75'') and a 100m hurdles time of 15.64 seconds. Redshirt freshman Skyler Ferry earned a new personal best in the 400m event with a time of 59.11 seconds, taking one-tenth of a second off her prior best. 

The 800m crew saw freshman Jenna Twedt finish at 2:21.53 and senior Wini Barnett cross at 2:24.63. 

The Jaguars will begin efforts on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. with multiple entrants in the high jump.