Lynchburg, Va. – The Lynchburg indoor track & field teams returned to action at the Liberty Open, posting five top-10 results against competition across all NCAA divisions.

Friday night, Betsy Mohnkern clocked 9.00 in the 60m hurdle prelims for 10th place, narrowly missing the finals cut which featured the top-eight performers. 

Allison Bobst vaulted to a second-place finish in the women's pole vault lower section, setting an 11' 1¾" (3.40m) mark. On the men's side, Julian Powell vaulted 14' 1¼" (4.30m) for third place in the lower section.

Freshman Ryan Warner placed fifth in the men's 1k with a 2:32.27 performance. Before this event, Warner had never competed in the 1000m either on the high school or collegiate level.

On Saturday, Jaren Lee set a 6' 5" (1.96m) mark in the men's high jump for a ninth-place finish. 

Hannah Edwards ran 59.27 in her first collegiate individual 400m, placing 18th in the field. 

To cap the day, Georgie Lanham earned a 21-second personal-best in the women's 3k with an 11:02.81 performance for 29th place out of 78 athletes.

Several Hornets rested this weekend ahead of a three-week sprint to the 2025 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at Roanoke College. Next weekend's final split-squad affair between Boston University and Roanoke College will feature several athletes looking to solidify ODAC or NCAA qualifying marks ahead of the postseason.

Lynchburg's distance squad will also enter a pair of distance-medley relay squads at Boston's Valentine Invitational with hopes of solidifying spots at the NCAA Championships. Last season, the Lynchburg men's DMR squad captured the national title with a 9:47.17 performance, which broke the championship record.

Boston's Valentine Invitational is a two-day event between Friday, February 14 and Saturday, February 15. The Joe LaRocco Invitational will be hosted by Roanoke College on Saturday, February 15.

For full results from the Liberty Open, click here.

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