LYNCHBURG, Virginia – The UNCW women's track and field indoor team won three events and set two school records on Saturday at the Liberty Open Invitational hosted by Liberty at the Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex.
 
The Seahawks took first place in the Long Jump, High Jump and Triple Jump, setting new indoor marks in the Long Jump and Triple Jump. The meet represented the second of five regular season indoor competitions for the team.
 
Senior Courtney Lines soared 20-04.25 to take first place in the Long Jump and climbed to No. 17 in the country in the event. The top-16 automatically qualify for the indoor nationals.
 
Junior Maddie Norr claimed first place in the High Jump with a leap of 5-03.25 and senior Tori Whimple took gold in the Triple Jump with a school-record mark of 39-0.50.
 
Lines and Whimple each punched tickets to the ECAC Indoor Championships. Overall, the Seahawks recorded five top-10 all-time marks on the day.

A total of 28 colleges and universities competed in the meet. NCAA Division I squads entered in the meet include Campbell, Citadel, Delaware State, Liberty, Marshall, Maryland Eastern Shore, North Carolina Central, UMBC, UNCW and William & Mary.

The Seahawks return to Lynchburg next weekend to compete in the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex.

UNCW Results | Liberty Open Invitational | Feb. 5, 2022
 

60 Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
2.	Destiny Smith	9.24
13.	Carly Mixon	9.68

 

60 Meter Hurdles (Semifinals)
19.	Destiny Smith	9.42

 

60 Meter (Prelims)
20.	Destiny Smith	8.25
33.	Miquela Hunter	8.46

 

200 Meters
17.	Janiyah Fields	26.07
29.	Brynn Sheffield	26.31
46.	Miquela Hunter	27.57
60.	Tori Whimple	28.84

 
 

Long Jump
1.	Courtney Lines	20-04.25
11.	Tori Whimple	17-04.25

 

400 Meters
20.	Nasiah Ferguson	1:01.00
26.	Mackenzie Townsend	1:02.91
50.	Carly Mixon	1:08.55

 

800 Meters
10.	Alexa Woltjen	2:20.72

 

Mile Run
8.	Kendall Hobbs	5:11.94
19.	Taylor Rand	5:39.25
23.	Gretchen Bingham	5:41.22
33.	Madeline Sullivan	6:07.28

 

4x400 Relay
7.	Janiyah Fields, Gabrielle Ryan Nasiah Ferguson,	4:03.40
	Mackenzie Townsend

 

High Jump
1.	Maddie Norr	5-03.25
3.	Rebekah Smith	5-03.25
8.	Gabrielle Ryan	5-01.25
12.	Lauryn Taylor	4-11.50

 

Pole Vault
8.	Elise Hall	12-0.50
18.	Maddie Norr	10.0-75
20.	Jena Rhodes	9-01

 

Triple Jump
1.	Tori Whimple	39-0.50
5.	Jayda Hunter	38-5