DURHAM, N.C. – The Elon University women's track and field team saw seven personal records set today including five new performances on the program's top-10 list as the Phoenix competed at the Duke Invitational on Friday, April 8, at the Morris Williams Track.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Hannah Miller ran the second-fastest time in school history in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as the Harrisonburg, Va., native clocked a personal-record time of 10:26.00 in the race and was fifth overall.
 
In the 1,500-meters Invite race, Leandra Lorenz and Anna Twomey both set new personal-records as the duo ran times of 4:22.60 and 4:22.98, respectively. Lorenz was sixth overall in the race while Twomey was seventh.
 
Maria Ahm made her outdoor debut in the 5,000-meters and ran a new personal-best of 16:30.34 in the race and was sixth. Lizzie Vinci also ran a personal-best with her time of 17:18.11 in 18^th.
 
Kaitlin McGoogan was fifth in the hammer throw and was the third collegiate athlete overall with her throw of 55.02m. Lauryn Carlton was 10^th at her throw of 51.55m.
 
Carlton was Elon's leader in the shot put with a season-best toss of 12.78m. Alexa Mark led the Phoenix in the long jump with a leap of 5.50m, a season and personal-best for the rookie.
 
Hollie Thurgood finished her run in the heptathlon with 4,136 points. She moves onto the program's top-10 performance list.
 
ON DECK
The final day of the Duke Invitational for the Phoenix begins on Saturday, April 9, at 9:30 a.m. with the women's discus throw. Elon's first track event of the day, the women's 4x100-meter relay, is scheduled for a 12:10 p.m. start.