HOUSTON, Texas -- Improvement is evident each week for the LeTourneau women's track and field program as the YellowJackets set several personal records on Saturday at the FasTrak Athletix Collegiate Indoor Last Chance Invitational.

LeTourneau was back in Houston for a second time in three weeks and made the most of its opportunities.

"Today was a day where we had breakthrough after breakthrough for our women," said director of track & field Dillon May. "We've had a successful indoor season so far, but after every meet the coaching staff was left feeling like some big performances were close and today they finally arrived. It was a fun day to see our women compete like they did and cheer each other on. I'm looking forward to the rest of their indoor season and for our first outdoor meet on March 1."

Eliza Dye had a pair of personal-best performances. In the pole vault, Dye cleared a height of 3.10 meters (10'2) for her career best and just .01 meters off the program's indoor record. Dye also set a personal record in the 200-meter run at 30.13.

Maddy Hirneise also had a season-best and personal-record run in the 200-meter as she finished in 29.51, while Heather Shaw paced the YellowJackets in the event at 28.65. Hirneise also had a top run of 8.81 in the 60-meter prelims.

In the 800-meter, Hope Greenwald led the way with a time of 2:32.15 to place 18th overall. Madelyn DeLosSantos was right behind Greenwald with a personal-record time of 2:32.27 to place 19th in the event.

Victoria Wilson finished in 9.75 in the 60-meter hurdles prelims and was 13th in the long jump with a distance of 4.77 meters (15'7.75). Wilson also cleared 1.45 meters (4'9) in the high jump. Wilson, DeLosSantos, Greenwald, and Shaw combined in the 4x400 to run 4:20.58.

Peyton Chaney led the way in the 5,000-meter run at 21:41.85. Nat Ferdi set a pair of personal-best marks in the shot put (7.39 meters; 24'3) and in the weight throw (6.85 meters; 22'5.75).

UP NEXT

LeTourneau will send athletes to the Russ Jewett Indoor Gorilla Classic on Feb. 14-15 in Pittsburg, Kan.

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