Cards Place Three on Podium to Open ACC Indoor Championships

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Cards Place Three on Podium to Open ACC Indoor Championships

March 01, 2025 | Track & Field

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Natalie Lark (women’s pole vault) and Layla Roebke (women’s 5000m) both posted runner-up finishes, while Brion Stephens claimed bronze in the men’s high jump.

By: Sam Gercak

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville track & field teams concluded the first of three days of competition at the ACC Indoor Championships on Saturday, earning a trio of podium finishes to go with a total of 10 personal-best performances.

Through the first five events of the weekend, the Louisville women sit third in the team standings with 23 points while the men's squad ranks in a tie for ninth through four events with seven points.

Layla Roebke stole the show for the Cardinals, knocking nearly 35 seconds off her previous personal-best to finish as the runner-up in the women's 5000m with a time of 15:48.28, the second-fastest time in program history.

Natalie Lark earned a silver medal of her own in the women's pole vault for the second consecutive season, clearing a final bar of 4.42m (14-6) to continue her stellar senior season. In her first indoor conference championship meet, Iliana Triantafyllou finished fourth in the event to earn Second Team All-ACC honors while setting a new personal-best mark of 4.22m (13-10).

Rounding out the podium finishers for the Cards was Brion Stephens, who claimed the bronze in the men's high jump with a clearance of 2.16m (7-1) to garner First Team All-ACC distinction for the third straight year.

Lucy Fellows accrued a total of 3,850 points to finish seventh overall in the women's pentathlon while notching a new personal-best time of 8.81 in the 60m hurdles. Noah Koch also scored a point for Louisville in the men's weight throw, placing eighth in the event with a mark of 20.21m (66-3.75).

Kiyah Yeast qualified for Monday's finals in the women's 200m with the second-fastest time in the preliminary round, clocking 23.41 to set a new personal-best and inch closer to the program record of 23.38.

In the men's heptathlon, KJ Byrd began his first collegiate action with a bang, tallying 3,287 points through the first four events while setting three new personal-best marks. The freshman most notably posted a whopping six personal-best clearances in the high jump, finishing with a mark of 2.13m (6-11.75) to lead the heptathlon competitors while also posting the top long jump mark in the field with a leap of 7.16m (23-6).

Action at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center will resume tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. ET with the continuation of the men's heptathlon while track events are set to begin at 3:15 p.m. ET.

ACC Indoor Championships – Day One
March 1, 2025
Louisville, Ky. | Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center

* = Personal Record
(Q) = Qualified for Finals

Women's 200m – Preliminaries
Kiyah Yeast – 23.41 * (Q)

Women's 5000m
Layla Roebke – 15:48.28 *
Haley Meade – 16:50.08 *
Maddie Seaby – 17:01.69

Men's 5000m
Geoffrey Kirwa – 13:58.57

Men's High Jump
Brion Stephens – 2.16m (7-1)
Josh Moore – 2.03m (6-8)

Women's Pole Vault
Natalie Lark – 4.42m (14-6)
Iliana Triantayllou – 4.22m (13-10) *
Paris Bond – 3.97m (13-0.25)
Lydia Stuart – 3.97m (13-0.25)

Women's Weight Throw
Jade Whitfield – 19.12m (62-8.75)
Demaria King – 17.12m (56-2)

Men's Weight Throw
Noah Koch – 20.21m (66-3.75)

Women's Pentathlon
Lucy Fellows – 3,850 points
Maya Follmer – 3,554 points

Women's 800m – Pentathlon
Lucy Fellows – 2:25.13
Maya Follmer – 2:30.12

Women's 60m Hurdles – Pentathlon
Maya Follmer – 8.77 *
Lucy Fellows – 8.81 *

Women's High Jump – Pentathlon
Maya Follmer – 1.64m (5-4.5) *
Lucy Fellows – 1.61m (5-3.25)

Women's Long Jump – Pentathlon
Lucy Fellows – 5.72m (18-9.25)
Maya Follmer – 5.40m (17-8.75)

Women's Shot Put – Pentathlon
Lucy Fellows – 11.57m (37-11.5)
Maya Follmer – 8.78m (28-9.75)

Men's Heptathlon (through four events)
KJ Byrd – 3,287 points

Men's 60m – Heptathlon
KJ Byrd – 7.01 *

Men's High Jump – Heptathlon
KJ Byrd – 2.13m (6-11.75) *

Men's Long Jump – Heptathlon
KJ Byrd – 7.16m (23-6)

Men's Shot Put – Heptathlon
KJ Byrd – 12.40m (40-8.25) *

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