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Sophomore Manika Gamble placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles to lead the High Point University women's track & field team in the first day of the Raleigh Relays on Friday at NC State. Gamble also qualified for Saturday's finals in the 100-meter hurdles.

Gamble ran a time of 1:01.13 in the 400-meter hurdles for the fifth place finish. In the 100-meter hurdles, she ran a time of 14.24 to place 15th in the preliminaries and qualify for the finals.

In HPU's final action of the night, Geneva Winterink ran a time of 18:06.83 to place 25th in a competitive section of the 5,000-meter and Emily Webb took 29th in 18:33.07 in the same race. Earlier in the day, Monica Delizo took third in her section of the 5,000-meter with a time of 18:41.19, coming in a head of freshman Kelsey Hunt, who placed eighth in 19:07.96.

Sophomore Christina Fenske tied for 10th in the high jump, clearing 5-3. Also in the field events, Kara Boatman threw the shot put 33-7.25 to finish 28th and Joy Hunt took 47th in the shot put and 47th in the discus. Freshman Lynee Pina threw the discus 109-8 to place 40th. Gabrielle Barnes competed in the long jump and 100-meter hurdles and Lora Robinson ran the 100-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles.

The meet continues on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. for the Panthers, when Kelsey Hinchliffe runs the 3,000-meter steeplechase. HPU has six runners in the 1,500-meter, including senior Joya Canfield, and four in the 800-meter.