LYNCHBURG, Va. – Highlighted by a new personal-record for Madison George in the pole vault and a great outing from its 4x400-meter relay team, the Elon University women's track and field team completed competition at the Brant Tolsma Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 22, inside the Liberty University Indoor Track Complex.
 
George finished fourth overall in the invitational round of the pole vault with a new personal-best mark of 3.96m. The mark was just .01m from tying the indoor school-record of 3.97m by Jessica Clendenning in 2007.
 
The Phoenix also saw its 4x400-meter relay team of Aliya Barrows, Tessa DiPierdomenico, Riley Drometer and Piper Jons punch its ticket to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Championships. The quartet finished second overall in the race with a time of 3:50.36 – the fifth-fastest time in school history.
 
Alyssa Sandy was Elon's top finisher in the 60-meter hurdles, coming across the line at 8.85 seconds in fifth. In the shot put, Lauryn Carlton was sixth as she had a best throw of 12.96m.
 
Meghan Wilcox ran a time of 7.90 in the prelims of the 60-meters, just finishing outside of qualifying for the finals. She was 10^th in the prelims while Jordan Haywood was 15^th with her time of 8.04.
 
In the 400-meters, Barrows led the Phoenix with a time of 57.76, good for fifth overall. Jons was next for the maroon and gold with her time of 58.20 in sixth while DiPierdomenico (58.36) and Drometer (58.64) were also in the top-10 in ninth and 10^th, respectively.
 
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The Phoenix continues its indoor action next weekend, returning to the state of Virginia for the VMI Winter Relays on Jan. 28-29.