COMPLETE RESULTS

The High Point University women's track & field team placed sixth in the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championship on Saturday and Sunday in Clemson, S.C. HPU's distance medley relay team was victorious on Saturday and HPU got a runner-up finish from Joya Canfield in the 800-meter and a third-place finish from Emily Webb in the 5,000-meter on Sunday.

"We were very pleased with Joya's performance and we were extremely pleased with Emily Webb," said HPU head coach Mike Esposito. "Joya ran an indoor career best and competed very well with [Jamie] Watson from Liberty. Emily ran a nice PR (personal record) after running well in the 3K on Saturday."

Canfield ran 2:14.83 in the 800-meter to place second behind Liberty's Watson, who ran 2:12.03. On Saturday, Canfield ran the 1,600-meter leg of HPU's winning distance medley relay. Canfield's split was 5:03 as part of the team's time of 12:08.34. Along with Canfield, Geneva Winterink ran the 1,200, Manika Gamble ran the 400 and Vanessa Piacente ran the 800 on the winning DMR.

Webb ran a career-best 17:55.71 to place third in the 5,000-meter on Sunday. The day before, she took seventh in the 3,000-meter in 10:30.83.

After running in the DMR on Saturday, Winterink came back to place eighth with a time of 5:14.77 in a tactical mile on Sunday morning before finishing the day placing seventh in the 5,000-meter in 18:12.50. Piacente also ran on the winning DMR, took eighth in the 800-meter (2:27.88) and 12th in the mile (5:24.44). Kelsey Fraser placed 10th in the mile in 5:20.54 and Kelsey Hunt took 10th in the 3,000-meter in 10:40.42.

Gamble competed in five events for the Panthers, taking fifth in both the 60-meter hurdles and 200-meter. She ran a time of 8.89 in the hurdles and finished the 200-meter in 25.41. She placed eighth in the 60-meter dash in 8.14. In the relays, Gamble ran the 400-meter leg of the victorious distance medley relay and capped her meet off with a 57.6 leg on the fifth-place 4x400-meter relay team.

Canfield, Erin Lonon and Rachel Webb also ran on the 4x400 relay. Rachel Webb tied her HPU record of 10'0 to place 11th in the pole vault and ran a leg of 61.7 to anchor the relay. Lonon ran a 60.4 leg of the relay and also placed 12th in the open 400-meter in 62.21.

Two athletes scored in the field events for the Panthers. Christina Fenske cleared 5'4.25 to tie for second in the high jump and Kara Boatman took seventh in the shot put with a throw of 36'9.75.

The Panthers will cap off the indoor season when select athletes compete in the Virginia Tech Final Qualifier on March 6 in Blacksburg, Va.