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Louisville, KY – A trio of NAIA standards and a new school record highlighted the women's day at the Bellarmine Open Friday afternoon. Elizabeth Lucason and Alina Boshchuk continued their impressive year with outstanding performances in the mile, 1K and 3K.
 
Lucason was the top NAIA finisher and finished third overall with a 5:05.49 finish in the mile. This is an NAIA A standard and the third fastest time in the nation this indoor season. She also clocked an NAIA B cut in the 1K with a 3:01.76 finish. Boshchuk ran in her first 3K of the indoor season and came away as the top NAIA finisher and eighth overall with a time of 9:56.15. This broke the previous school record and clipped the A standard by almost twenty seconds.
 
Heather Durrant also ran the mile on Saturday and finished ninth in 5:11.51. Durrant had an even better performance in the 800m race, where she earned seventh with a 2:22.02 finish.  A handful of Pats ran alongside Lucason in the 1000m, with Savannah Hossfeld joining her in the top-10 after crossing the finish line in 3:04.05.
 
The pole vault featured a pair of Patriots who earned podium finishes. Amber Avery and Trinity Sherrod tied for third after clearing a height of 2.57m.
 
The 60m dash saw Abia Kante as a top-five finisher. The freshman clocked a 7.93 finish for fifth overall.
 
Maggie Buerger led all Cumberlands throwers on Friday with a fifth-place finish in the shot put. She reached a mark of 10.92m for fifth. Taylor Lunsford finished eighth after a 9.89m toss while Emma Hall and Pia Stern earned ninth and tenth after marks of 9.40m and 8.83m respectively.
 
Mya Hines had a strong showing in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.65m for sixth overall and an NAIA B cut. Jaci Woods rounded out all of UC's top-10 finishers in the triple jump event, finishing 10^th with a 9.99m leap.
 
UC will return to Louisville, KY next week for the UofL Lenny Lyles Invite. Cumberlands will compete on Friday the 26^th and look to continue to impress with their high finishes.
 
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