Harrogate, TN - Almost two weeks after turning in a great performance at the VMI Winter Relays, the Lincoln Memorial men's and women's track and field teams will be back in action for their final meet of the regular season at the Centre Indoor Invitational. The Railsplitters also opened the regular season at Centre in the Centre First Chance meet.

The last time Lincoln Memorial was in competition, Maggie Sanderson had a great day day of competition, taking 4th overall in the women's pentathlon. She finished 5th in the 60m hurdles with a time of 10.95, 6th in the high jump with a height of 4.6ft., 3rd in shot put with a distance of 29.8ft., 6th in the long jump with a distance of 15.1ft., and 4th in the 800m with a time of 2:39.19 to take 4th overall. Katie Smock and Aubrey Batchel performed very well in the women's 5000m. Smock took 5th place and Batchel took 7th with times of 18:43.40 and 20:44.62 respectively. Simon Fillers also performed well in the men's 5000m, taking 8th place with a time of 15:56.76. Emily McPherson turned in a great performance in the women's high jump, taking 6th place with a height of 4.98ft.

On day two of the VMI Winter Relays, Trinity Hine took 14th place in the women's 200m event with a time of 26.43. Micah Dunn took 13th in the men's 400m with a time of 54.07. Ereyonna Gore grabbed a top 10 finish in the women's 400m with a time of 1:00.02. Teammate Lidija Djokic took 17th in the event with a time of 1:01.28. Spencer Baldwin had a great day, taking 4th place in the men's 800m event with a time of 1:59.00 and 5th place in the men's 1-mile with a time of 4:27.30. Sam Fulton took 11th in the men's 1-mile with a time of 4:32.39 and 8th in the men's 3000m with a time of 9:07.95. Reaghan Curde turned in an excellent performance in the women's 1-mile event, taking 2nd place with a time of 5:13.99. Weslyn McIntosh, Nadine McIntyre, and Great Chizzali took 7th, 10th, and 16th in the event with times of 5:21.87, 5:24.25, and 5:32.86 respectively. Nevaeh Kerns and Cate Turner turned in great performances in the women's weight throw, taking 8th and 11th place respectively with distances of 46ft. 4in. and 42ft. 6 3/4in.

Now in their final regular season meet, Lincoln Memorial will be seeking to make the final "tweaks" of the season ahead of conference championships. "This weekend will really tell us where we are," said men's and women's track and field assistant coach Jeff Kavalunas. "Most have gotten one or two meets in early in the season. It's been a good training block the last couple of weeks. A couple that didn't race as much early are kind of fine-tuning some things and seeing where they are. It will give me a good idea of the things I need to tweak as far as training goes heading into conference championships. It's going to be a 'business as usual' approach to things, but we are going to do a few different things to identify what areas may need more work than others to ensure that we are prepared for the upcoming conference championships."

Director of track and field Rochelle Black echoed many of Kavalunas' sentiments, highlighting how helpful the final meet of the season is for gauging what areas need fine-tuning ahead of the postseason. "We went to this meet last year and performed well," said Black. "I think this is a good litmus test for us, seeing that the track is laid out very similarly to that which we will see in our conference championships. A flat 200m track is a different track as opposed to what we've been running on for most of the season. Not everyone has run week after week. Where as some schools go back-to-back-to-back, we like to give our athletes a little bit of time in between to train. The weather hasn't been the best but it's something we have to work with. For me, I'm looking most forward to seeing us be competitive. Hopefully it'll translate to the conference championships."