LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Sweet Bria College indoor track and field team kicked off its first season of competition today with the Liberty Kick Off.
 
First-year Veronica Barney (Leesburg, Va.) was the first Vixen in action as she completed the 60-meter dash in 9.27.
 
Four members of the team competed in the 200-meter dash as first-year Electra Mcpherson (Madison Heights, Va.) led the way in the 60th with her time of 30.58. Barney, senior Julianna McIntyre (Englewood, Fla.) and first-year Madison Thompson (Lynchburg, Va.) all finished right after one another with times of 31.41, 31.96 and 33.01, respectively.
 
In the 400-meter dash, senior Alia Peets (Devonshire, Bermuda) clocked in a time of 1:09.53 while first-year Mila Mutabdzija (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) crossed the finish line at the 1:21.34 mark.
 
Sophomore Mia Viccora (Fairfax, Va.) completed the 800-meter run in 2:54.56 to place 15th while Peets’s time of 2:59.94 put her in 17th.
 
Rounding out track action for Sweet Briar were junior Carolina Wilson's (Hedgesville, W. Va.) and senior Angelyn Wiggins’s (Churchville, Md.) performances in the 3000-meter run. Wilson placed 33rd with a time of 12:28.22 while Wiggins was not far behind her in 36th with a time of 12:39.71.
 
Highlights

• Wilson and Wiggins nabbed the team’s best finishes of the day as they placed 12th and 14th, respectively, in the one-mile run.
• First-year Michaela Carr (Springfield, Va.) was the lone field athlete as she placed 36th in the shot put with her throw of 5.01 meters.

What’s Next

The Vixens will return to the track on Jan. 10th for The Burg Open hosted by Lynchburg.

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