Indianapolis, Ind. – The SBU women's track and field team completed the GLVC Championships Sunday at the campus of University of Indianapolis. The Bearcats finished in 4^th place with 87 points including eight podium finishes.
 
Two Bearcats earned their way to the top of the podium in a solo event for the first time in their career. It started with junior Laura Dixon who put the phrase 'winning by a hair' to a new meaning. In the 400-meter dash she ran a time of 55.935 seconds which beat the second-place opponent who ran a time of 55.936, just 1/1000^th of a second faster. Later in the day senior Emily Young took to the track, completing an incredible comeback in the final lap of the 800-meter dash. Trailing behind four headed into the final lap, she weaved her way to the outside and sprinted her way to the lead holding for a 1^st place finish.
 
The first podium finish of the day came from freshman Madison Davis with a 3^rd place finish in the 60m-hurdles. She entered the day with the 4^th best time but was able to move up a spot with a time of 8.91 seconds. Her much more experienced teammate in graduate Lily Simmons returned to the GLVC Championships after missing a season collecting a 3^rd place result in the high jump.
 
All-American duo of Stephanique Dean and Laura Dixon teamed up at the 200-meter dash claiming two of the top three spots. Dean took the 2^nd place spot with a time of 24.61 while Dixon claimed 3^rd place, running 24.78 seconds. In the final event of the day, Dixon joined Davis, Brianna Lord, and Sierra Wallace in the 4x400-meter relay. This group got off to a strong start in the second heat of the day and held the lead until the Lincoln Blue Tigers relay narrowly edged out them out by less than a second. The Bearcats still took 2^nd place in the meet with a time of 3:52.58 seconds, good enough for top-10 in SBU history.
 
The team will now await to see who qualifies for the NCAA Championships on Wednesday, March 11^th. Stephanique Dean has two top-15 times and is likely to qualify but others will have to wait and see. Stay tuned to sbubearcats.com for updates on those Bearcat athletes who do qualify for the NCAA Championships. For those that do not make the NCAA Championships, they will look forward to the start of outdoor season on Friday, March 20^th at the Miner Invite in Rolla, Missouri.