BLACKSBURG, Va. – The High Point University women's track and field team concluded competition at the Virginia Tech Invitational on Saturday in Blacksburg, Va.

"This was a pretty disappointing weekend overall," head coach Mike Esposito said. "We have a lot of freshman competing on the team this year and we looked like it here in Blacksburg. We will get back to work and hopefully the results will start to show."

The team of seniors Cozette Collin and Natalia Ocasio and freshmen Keaton Case and Zoe Geis earned a win in the Distance Medley Relay, finishing the race with a time of 12:52.52 to earn the win.

Also on the track, Freshman Kanajzae Brown turned in a second strong day for the Panthers, finishing in seventh in the 200m with a time of 25.60 while sophomore Jasmyn Gillespie finished in 11th in the 400m with a time of 1:05.64.

In the jumps, senior Erika Bridges tied for eighth in the high jump, clearing 1.59m (5-2½) and freshman Ariel Wilbekin finished 14th in the triple jump with a jump of 10.90m (35-9¼).

Junior Makenzi Holmes-DiGiovine led a group of three HPU throwers in the shot put with an 11th place finish. Holmes-DiGiovine's best throw went 12.15m (39-10½). Allison Torrance finished in 19th with a throw of 10.15m (33-3¾) and junior CeAnna Soper placed 24th with a throw of 9.57m (31-4¾).

High Point is back in action next weekend when the team heads back to Virginia to compete in the Liberty Combined Events in Lynchburg, Va. The two-day event begins on Friday, Jan. 20.

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