Lynchburg, Va. – The Elon University indoor track & field team competed in just four events Friday evening at Liberty University's Brant Tolsma Invitational, but the Phoenix posted strong results in each of them. Elon will put in a full day of action Saturday to conclude the meet.
 
INTO THE RECORD BOOKS

• Piper Jons ran a personal best time of 24.69 seconds in the 200 to place second out of 47 runners. Her time is the second-fastest in school history and has been beaten by just two runners this year in the CAA entering the weekend.
• Linn Hertz Saebboe set an indoor personal best distance in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet-4.25 (5.59m). That mark ties her for seventh in school history and moves her up to sixth in the CAA this year.
• In the pole vault, Lizzie Lopez set a new personal best with a distance of 10-4 (3.15m). That ranks eighth in school history and has her in the conference top 15.
• Freshman Chelsea Wallace was ninth in the weight throw, third among Elon competitors, but climbed in the program's top 10 in school history. She threw 52-1.25 (15.88m) to climb to ninth. Lauryn Carlton, who placed third, and Kaitlin McGoogan, who finished seventh, already rank as the top two in school history in the event.

 
NOTABLE RESULTS

• Lauryn Carlton finished third in the weight throw with a mark of 57-feet (17.37m). She was just eight centimeters shy of her season-best mark from a week ago.
• Kaitlin McGoogan had a season-best distance of 55-2.25 (16.82m) in the weight throw. That moves her up to sixth in the CAA this year.
• Meghan Coyne added a season-best distance in the weight throw at 41-2.5 (12.56m).
• Meghan Wilcox placed seventh in the 200 with a season-best time of 25.18 seconds. That puts her eighth in the conference this year.

 
UP NEXT

• Elon returns to competition Saturday at the Brant Tolsma Invitational. The Phoenix gets started at 11:00 a.m. with high jump, the 60 hurdles and shot put. The meet runs through the 1600 relay at 4:10 p.m.

 
BRANT TOLSMA INVITATIONAL
ELON RESULTS
200 – 2. Piper Jons 24.69, 7. Meghan Wilcox 25.18, 40. Danielle Dyer 27.28
Long jump – 5. Linn Hertz Saebboe 18-3.75 (5.58m)
Pole vault – 9. Lizzie Lopez 10-4 (3.15m)
Weight throw – 3. Lauryn Carlton 57-0 (17.37m), 7. Kaitlin McGoogan 55-2.25 (16.82m), 9. Chelsea Wallace 52-1.25 (15.88m), 21. Meghan Coyne 41-2.5 (12.56m), 24. Tristin Oberg 38-4.25 (11.69m)