ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's women's track & field team posted its highest point total in eight seasons at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Outdoor Championships and also won a major award as Maya Wright (Hillsboro, MO/Hillsboro) was selected as the Co-Freshman of the Year by the league coaches on the final day of competition at Allgood-Bailey Stadium. 

The Miners finished in fifth place with 72 points, their most since scoring 81 at the 2015 meet.   Wright accounted for 17 points on an individual basis and was also part of two scoring relay teams on Saturday as she shared the award with Lewis' Khristel Martindale, who was also selected as the conference's Athlete of the Year.  S&T ended up seven points in back of Southwest Baptist, who passed the Miners when it won the 4x400-meter relay to close the meet.

"The dedication that our young men and women in our program have shown throughout the year was on display for these last three days and we couldn't be prouder of the results they achieved," Meinecke said.  "It was an exciting weekend and our teams want to thank all of those who helped and supported us throughout."

Wright, who finished second in the heptathlon earlier in the meet, also recorded two scoring efforts in the finals of both hurdle events on Saturday.  She finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 14.94 seconds, then later in the day took fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:07.93.

Jessica Rhoads (Holts Summit, MO/Jefferson City) earned a fourth place finish in the discus with a mark of 139-7, while Paige Lambright (Poplar Grove, IL/Belvidere North) ended up seventh with her mark of 128-5 in the discus.  Meanwhile, Haylee Woodall (Steelville, MO/Steelville) had a fourth place showing in the discus as she recorded a throw of 132-5 and Sydney Stephens (Plattsburg, MO/Plattsburg) was seventh at 129-2. 

S&T had three finishers among the top seven in the high jump, led by Olivia Henkel's (Liberty, MO/Liberty North) fifth place finish with a clearance of 5-3¾.  Annmarie Tyson (St. Louis, MO/St. Joseph's Academy) placed sixth at 5-2½ and Kassandra Hayes (Rolla, MO/Rolla) finished in seventh place as she cleared 5-1¼. 

The Miners also had a sixth place performance from Emma Puetz (Rolla, MO/Rolla) in the 5,000-meters and Lily Chung (Cottleville, MO/Francis Howell Central) added a seventh place showing in the 400-meters with a time of 59.96 seconds.  S&T's 4x100-meter relay team of Danielle Wilson (Mount Vernon, MO/Greenwood Laboratory School), Chung, Kayla Edwards (Troy, IL/Triad) and Wright finished sixth in 52.56 seconds, while the 4x400 quartet of Edwards, Chung, Wright and Clare Holmes (Camdenton, MO/Camdenton) placed seventh in 4:13.05.

Lewis won its seventh straight GLVC championship with 249 points, finishing 92 points ahead of Indianapolis in the standings.