Lynchburg, Va. – Freshman Abby Beville won the mile, her second event victory of the weekend, and the Elon Indoor Track & Field team posted numerous career and season-bests on the final day of the Brant Tolsma Invitational, hosted by Liberty University, Saturday.
 
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• After winning the 3,000 Friday, freshman Abby Beville turned around and won the mile Saturday with a time of 4:58.21. She was one of three Elon runners among the top seven finishers.
• Along with Beville, Quinn Smith finished fifth in the mile at 5:04.19 and Sarah Petitjean was seventh at 5:05.78, an eight-second improvement over her previous collegiate best.
• Julia Bell also set a personal best in the mile with a time of 5:13.00, more than six seconds faster than her fastest previous time.
• Freshman Stavriana Adamou etched her name in the Elon record book in the 60 hurdles. She was third-fastest in the prelims with a time of 8.76, ranking fifth in school history.
• Meghan Wilcox ran a season-best 7.73 seconds in the 60 and then followed that up with a time of 7.74 seconds in the finals to finish fourth.
• The 1600 relay team of Piper Jons, Meghan Wilcox, Emily Alps and Arianna Sakoutis finished fourth with a time of 3:59.23, the team's best time of the season.
• Piper Jons placed third in the 400 with a season-best time of 57.14 seconds.
• Sarah Petitjean placed fourth in the 1,000 with a time of 3:02.39 and Julia Bell followed with a personal best time of 3:09.50.
• Lauryn Carlton qualified for the finals in the shot put and placed seventh at 43-feet-6.25 (13.27m). Teammate Adriana Clarke set a personal best with a throw of 37-11.5 (11.57m).
• In the pole vault, Caden Cerminara cleared a collegiate best height of 11-2.25 (3.41m).

 
UP NEXT

• Elon will compete at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. for the Camel City Invitational Friday and Saturday.

 
Brant Tolsma Invitational
Elon Results
 
60 prelims – 4. Meghan Wilcox 7.73, 14. Mya Lee 7.93, 27. Danielle Dyer 8.27
60 finals – 4. Meghan Wilcox 7.74
400 – 3. Piper Jons 57.14, 24. Anna Kozlova 1:08.07
800 – 8. Arianna Sakoutis 2:18.32, 9. Emily Alps 2:18.97
1000 – 4. Sarah Petitjean 3:02.39, 6. Julia Bell 3:09.50
Mile – 1. Abby Beville 4:58.21, 5. Quinn Smith 5:04.19, 7. Sarah Petitjean 5:05.78, 14. Julia Bell 5:13.00, 19. Cami Glebocki 5:19.43, 21. Hannah Weber 5:23.82
60 hurdles prelims – 3. Stavriana Adamou 8.76, 12. Ja'mia Johnson 9.22
1600 relay – 4. Piper Jons, Meghan Wilcox, Emily Alps, Arianna Sakoutis 3:59.23
Triple jump – 4. Linn Hertz Saebboe 11.78m (38-7.75)
High jump – 3. Hannah Schonhoff 1.63m (5-4), 12. Noelle Murray 1.38m. (4-6.25)
Shot put – 7. Lauryn Carlton 13.27m (43-6.25), 15. Adriana Clarke 11.57m (37-11.5), 19. Tristin Oberg 10.97m (35-11.75), 24. Haleigh Cephus 9.74m (31-11.25)
Pole vault – 12. Caden Cerminara 3.41m (11-2.25)