Mars Hill competes at Liberty Indoor Open

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Mars Hill women's indoor track & field team travelled to Lynchburg, Virginia to compete in the Liberty Indoor Open, hosted by Liberty University. Competition took place on Saturday, February 3^rd.  40+ NCAA DI, DII, DII and NAIA teams competed in the meet.

Several Lions established new personal and season bests in their respective event(s). 

Women's Highlights

Throws

Bailey Beeman established a new personal best in women's shot put with a throw of 9.9m (32' 5.75"). She placed eighth in the Collegiate division. Beeman competed with women's weight throw, establishing a personal best throw of 8.45m. Beeman placed 43^rd overall.

Jumps

Haley Eddinger placed 11^th overall in women's pole vault. Eddinger cleared three heights on the day (all new personal best jumps) and ended with a PR of 2.9m (9' 6.25"). Eddinger improves her SAC Indoor TF conference standing to seventh overall in the event.

Makayla Rogers placed 18^th in the Long Jump with a new personal best 5.01m. Alina Mueller placed 20^th overall with a jump of 4.95m.

Rogers competed in women's high jump, placing seventh overall with a jump of 1.47m (4' 9.75").

Sprints/Hurdles

Makayla Rogers placed seventh in the qualifying round of the 60m hurdles, advancing to the semi-final round with a time of 9.81s. Rogers placed 18^th in the semis with a time of 9.96s.

Simone Giggetts placed 11^th overall in the qualifying round of the 60m hurdles. Giggetts finished in a time of 9.99s

Distance

Lindsey Jenkins, Sarah McNeil, and Brenna Hicks all competed in the women's Mile. Jenkins placed 64^th with a time of 6:06.47. McNeil placed 79^th, finishing in a time of 6:32.69. Hicks placed 83^rd, finishing in a time of 7:10.50.

Sarah McNeil also competed in the women's 800, finishing 78^th overall with a time of 2:57.95.

Next Up:

The Lions travel a short distance to Tryon, North Carolina to compete in the Tryon International College Opener hosted by Newberry College this Tuesday, February 6.