The University Heights Academy Lady Blazers took seventh place at the Muhlenberg County Invitational on Saturday in Greenville.
Emma Dill paced the Lady Blazers by winning the 300-meter hurdles in a season-best 51.72 and adding a runner-up finish in the 100-meter hurdles in 18.76.
UHA also got a top-five sprint finish from Ajae Oatts, who placed fourth in the 200 meters in 27.80. Harper Bolinger, an eighth-grader, added an eighth-place finish in the 100 meters with a personal-best 14.33.
The Lady Blazers’ 400-meter relay team of Emma Dill, Cassie Keller, Ajae Oatts, and Harper Bolinger placed second in a season-best 55.06. The 800-meter relay squad of Dill, Bolinger, Oatts, and Amoree Owens finished third in 2:01.15.
In the field events, Cassie Keller, a seventh-grader, picked up points in the long jump with an eighth-place finish at 12 feet, 10 inches. Rhyss Sallie competed in both throwing events and recorded personal-best marks in the discus (34-03, 18th place) and shot put (17-06, 16th place).
Owens turned in a personal-best 29.34 in the 200 meters to finish in ninth place,
The Lady Blazers had 42 points to finish three points behind sixth-place Christian County and five points behind fifth-place Crittenden County.
