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LYNCHBURG, Va.—The High Point University women's track and field team earned two all-conference finishes and a school record on the first day of the Big South Indoor Championships Friday (Feb. 23) at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex in Lynchburg, Va.
 
After the first day, the Panthers sit in third place with 34 points. Liberty leads with 77 points and Campbell is only two points ahead of HPU for second with 36 points. Radford is fourth (26), followed by Charleston Southern (19.5), Gardner-Webb (19), Winthrop (16.5) and UNC Asheville (6).
 
In the pentathlon, senior CeAnna Soper set a school record and placed third with a score of 3,266 points. Sophomore Anika Weisbrod finished fourth with a score of 3,045 points, while fellow sophomore Madison Reynolds was eighth with 2,902 points. All three had multiple personal bests en route to personal-record scores.
 
Reynolds then placed fourth in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.58m (5-2.25), while junior Charlotte Morrow finished eighth at a height of 1.53m (5-0.25).
 
"We had a lot of fighters today especially in the pentathlon," HPU head coach Mike Esposito said. "Third-bar clearances, excellent hurdling and a gutsy 800 by all three of our pentathletes where Madison held down eighth, CeAnna moved from fourth to the podium and Anika went all the way from seventh to fourth. Madison then came back to take a surprising fourth in the high jump.
 
Sophomore Zoe Geis earned all-conference honors in the 5,000 meters, placing third in 17:37.11. Freshman Julia Hellman crossed the line fifth in 17:48.78, while junior Courtney Kerr placed 11th in 18:16.53. HPU's top-3 finishers all recorded personal bests. Sophomore Kylie Hennessey placed 14th in 18:47.90.
 
The distance medley relay of freshman Sydney Bagus, Soper, freshman Franzi Jakobs and junior Keaton Case crossed the line in fourth in 12:37.92.
 
Freshman Caroline Baudinet and Case qualified for the finals in the 800 meters in times of 2:17.52 and 2:17.54, respectively.
 
"On the track, Zoe Geis keeps racking up all-conference performances and Julia Hellman placed a very solid fifth in the 5K," Esposito said. "Caroline and Keaton both advanced to the 800, which should be one of the best races of the meet and Keaton later anchored our DMR to a solid fourth."
 
Senior Makenzi Holmes-DiGiovine placed seventh in the shot put with a throw of 12.46m (40-10.5), while Soper was ninth with a mark of 11.33m (37-2.25).
 
In the 400 meters, junior Emmy Geis placed 12th in 1:02.18. Sophomore Ariel Wilbekin finished 14th in the long jump with a mark of 4.99m (16-4.5).
 
"As good of a day as we had, we failed to win an event," Esposito said. "We have some of our big guns competing tomorrow and I expect them to compete for wins. We have a legitimate shot to place in the top-2 teams tomorrow, but it will take a very special effort. I am very confident that we will bring great team energy to the meet."
 
The action continues Saturday at noon.
 
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