LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Elon University women's track and field team had several members of its distance squad have strong outings on the opening day at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational on Friday, Feb. 11, inside the Liberty University Indoor Track Complex.
 
Maggie Springer was the runner-up in the 5,000-meter run, racing a personal-best time of 16:47.73. She would qualify for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Championships.
 
Kaitlin McGoogan finished third overall in the weight throw after tossing a distance of 18.32m. Lauryn Carlton was seventh overall with her toss of 17.27m while Kristine Strazdite also threw a personal-best mark with a heave of 15.74m.
 
Anna Twomey ran the third-fastest time in school history in the 800-meters, clocking a time of 2:12.46 and was 17^th. She qualifies for ECACs as did Stephanie Lair, who ran a time of 2:13.55 in 19^th.
 
Jette Beermann ran the fourth-fastest time in school history in the 3,000-meters, coming in at 10^th overall with her time of 9:40.01. She qualifies for the ECACs. Aliya Barrows garnered a top-10 finish in the 400-meters with her time of 56.93.
 
Alyssa Sandy qualified for the finals of the 60-meter hurdles after clocking a semifinals time of 8.68 seconds. Meghan Wilcox just missed out on the finals in the 60-meter dash as she race a time of 7.71 in the semifinals.
 
Madison George was ninth in the pole vault after clearing the bar at 3.85m. Alex Tudor led Elon in the long jump with a mark of 5.49m in 11^th.
 
On Deck
Elon returns to the meet tomorrow, Feb. 12 for the second and final day of the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational.