Johnson City, Tenn. – Senior Di'Joun Huitt and sophomore Victoria Solheim both earned an event win while multiple Catamounts advanced through the preliminaries of the events on the first day of the ETSU Invitational on Friday.

The meet resumes Saturday at 8:35 a.m. and concludes around 5:45 with the men's 4x400-meter relay. Live results for the meet are available at www.catamountsports.com.

Solheim earned the win in the women's weight throw with a winning distance of 16.38 meters (53'9"). Lesleigh Tabor finished third in the event with a toss of 16.10 meters (52'10"). In the women's 5,000-meter run, Lindsey Trotter finished in third place with a time of 18:35.85.

Huitt won the men's triple jump with his leap of 14.12 meters (47'3.75"). John Retenbach posted a third-place result in the men's pole vault, clearing a height of 4.50 meters (14'9"). Jay Stanley earned his second top-five finish of the indoor season in the weight throw thanks to his toss of 16.36 meters (53'8.25").

The majority of track event activity on Friday consisted of preliminaries for sprinters. On the women's side, Makaila McIntyre and Mekyll Robinson advanced to the 60-meter dash finals, Kellsie Whitehead reached the 200-meter dash finals and Marissa Blakely qualified for the finals in the 400-meter dash. For the men, Cory Alston punched his ticket to the finals in the 60-meter dash, Devaniel Dale qualified for the 200-meter dash final and Jevon Leonard will run in the 400-meter dash finals.

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