Beadlescomb and Magness Set Spartan Records on Friday Night

EAST LANSING, Mich. – A pair of program records fell on Friday night in two different locations, as the Michigan State track and field team completed the first day of the Indiana Invitational in Bloomington, Ind., and wrapped up action at the Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville, Va.

Morgan Beadlescomb and Jenna Magness continued to etch their names in the Spartan record books, with Beadlescomb claiming the MSU men's 1500m outdoor record at the Indiana Invitational and Magness resetting her own women's 5000m school record at the Virginia Challenge.

The Spartans opened the evening with the women's 200m dash at Indiana's Robert C. Haugh Complex, where Shakira Dancy used a 23.75 time to take third place behind the Purdue duo of Camille Christopher (23.61) and Saran Kouyeth (23.75). Antonio Postell II then placed 12th in the men's 200m with a 21.45 time.

Andrew Nolan continued MSU's strong night with a third-place finish in the men's 3000m steeplechase, tallying a personal-best 9:04.58, while Owen Huard followed in 11th with a 9:24.79 personal record.

In the women's 1500m run, Lauren Freeland paced the Spartans with a PR time of 4:17.14 to earn fourth place, with Melanie Helder (4:18.09 PR) and Katie Osika (4:18.53 PR) following in sixth and seventh place, respectively.

The men's 1500m race in Bloomington turned into another battle between Beadlescomb and teammate John Petruno, with Beadlescomb running a 3:38.24 PR to take first place and Petruno's 3:41.37 time earning him second place, as Beadlescomb's Friday mark broke Petruno's previous school record of 3:40.43 from the Raleigh Relays on March 24. It also marks the second program record in two weeks for Beadlescomb, who broke his own 5000m record last week with a 13:17.16 that also put himself eighth among the NCAA all-time leaders for the outdoor 5000m.

The women's 5000m race in Indiana featured Makayla Perez taking second at a 16:01.57 PR, while Makenna Veen placed fourth (16:31.54 PR), Lynsie Gram finished seventh (16:44.31) and Emily Bardwell used a 16:50.72 time to place ninth.

Abdi-Fetah Ahmed was the top Spartan finisher in the men's 5000m, placing fourth at a PR of 13:56.30, and Brendan Favazza took ninth place with a 14:13.48 time.

The men's 10000m run closed out the night in Indiana, as Ty Buckley ran a 31:22.19 time that earned him eighth place.

At Virginia's Lannigan Field, Magness and NC State's Katelyn Tuohy used an early pace to jump out in front of the pack in the women's 5000m invite. Magness posted a 15:26.21 school-record and personal-record time at the Virginia Challlenge that was second to Tuohy's first-place time of 15:14.61. Magness, also the school record holder for the indoor women's 5000m, shaved six seconds off her previous school-record outdoor time of 15:32.91 from the 2021 NCAA Championships.

Michigan State continues action at the Indiana Invitational on Saturday, April 23. The Spartans open competition at 11 a.m. with the women's hammer throw.

Beadlescomb and Magness Set Spartan Records on Friday Night

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Players Mentioned

Abdi-Fetah Ahmed

Emily Bardwell

Morgan Beadlescomb

Ty Buckley

Shakira Dancy

Brendan Favazza

Lauren Freeland

Lynsie Gram

Melanie Helder

Owen Huard

Jenna Magness

Andrew Nolan

Katie Osika

Makayla Perez

John Petruno

Antonio Postell II

Makenna Veen