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Lainy Williams Wins 1st Place in Women's Mile at GLVC Championships

2/26/2023 9:59:00 PM

Indianapolis, Ind. – The SBU women's track and field team competed in day two of the GLVC Championship today. The Bearcats finished the championship in 4th place with 64 total points.
 
"I am extremely proud of how our teams fought this weekend." Head Coach Corey McElhaney said, "we showed a lot of heart in the way we competed but are still hungry to do better as a team. We will wait to see if we get a couple of people in nationals while the rest of the team will start focusing on the outdoor season."
 
Senior Lainy Williams won the only 1st place for the Bearcats as she took down all other competition in the mile. She finished with a time of 4:55.34 a full second better than the 2nd place finisher while hitting a National qualifying mark.
 
Three other Bearcats also had a top-3 finish today. Sophomore Lily Simmons finished in 2nd place in the high jump reaching a mark of 1.60-meters. Alexis Barber and Lainy Williams added to the Bearcats points in the 800-meter run. Barber took 2nd place with a time of 2:15.41 and Williams finished right behind her in 3rd place with a time of 2:17.43.
 
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