Mars Hill competes at L-R Bears Invitational
The Mars Hill women's outdoor track & field team travelled to Lenoir-Rhyne University to compete in the L-R Bears Open.
HICKORY, N.C. - The Mars Hill women's outdoor track & field team travelled to Lenoir-Rhyne University to compete in the L-R Bears Open.
Several Lions set new personal bests and season bests.
On the track:
Sprints
Keagan Osika led the way for the Lions in the 100m sprint, placing 14th overall with a time of 12.88s. Elida Taylor placed 19th with a time of 13.23s. Lacey Scott placed 26th with a time of 13.91s. Tristen Quarles ran a season best 15.44s, placing 30th overall.
Osika sprinted to a new personal best in the 200m sprint, placing 11th overall with a time of 26.25s.
Elana Mackey and Seanna Milton both finished with personal bests in the 400m sprint. Mackey placed fourth overall with a time of 1:00.77. Milton placed 14th overall with a time of 1:11.95.
Distance
Emma Bridges and Megan Van Etten competed in the 1500m run. Bridges placed 12th overall with a time of 5:44.32. Van Etten placed 14th overall with a personal best 5:50.49.
Alyssa Jamerson ran a season best 20:19.19 in the 5000m run. Jamerson placed 4th overall.
In the Field:
Jumps
Makayla Rogers, Haley Eddinger, Mykayla King, and Bailey Beeman all competed in long jump for the Lions. Rogers jumped a season best, 4.94m. Rogers placed 10th overall. Eddinger placed 12th overall with a season best 4.64m. King jumped a personal best 4.51m, finishing 15th overall. Beeman placed 18th overall with a jump of 4.2m.
Eddinger placed 15th overall in triple jump with a season best 9.81m
Rogers placed ninth in high jump with a jump of 1.35m.
Throws
Cierra Williams advanced to the finals in discus, placing sixth overall with a season best throw of 35.00m.
Beeman placed 20th with a throw of 21.71m.
Williams and Beeman also competed in shot put. Williams placed 14th overall with a throw of 9.61m. Beeman placed 15th with a throw of 9.33m.
Rogers, Osika, and Scott competed in javelin. Rogers and Osika advanced to the finals. Rogers placed third overall with a throw of 27.06m. Osika placed sixth with a throw of 23.49m. Scott placed 10th with a throw of 17.83m.
Meet results: http://live.bigkahunatiming.com/meets/544806
Next up, the Lady compete on May 3rd and 4th in the SAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The meet takes place at Anderson University.
