LYNCHBURG, Va. — Sophomore Tiffany Hix (Prospect, Ohio/Elgin) broke her own school record in the pole vault to lead the Wittenberg women's outdoor track and field team on Friday on Day 1 of the two-day Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic hosted by the University of Lynchburg.

The Basics

• Venue: Dr. Jack M. Toms Track - Lynchburg, Va.
• The meet is not team scored.

Wittenberg's Top Performers

• Hix won the pole vault with a mark of 3.60 meters, breaking her own school-record mark of 3.47 meters from earlier this season at the Yellow Jacket Collegiate Open. Freshman Story Laing (Granville, Ohio/Granville) placed fifth in the event with a mark of 3.15 meters.
• Sophomore Emma Hawk (Marion, Ohio/River Valley) finished second in the invitational 5,000 meters in 17:54.86. Three Tigers placed inside the top five, as junior Megan Keys (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome) was fourth in 18:18.88, and freshman Maddi Clark (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor) was fifth in 18:23.65.
• The team of sophomores Abbey Danne (Johnstown, Ohio/Big Walnut), Tymeerah De'Armond (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) and Delaney Tackett (Waverly, Ohio/Waverly) and freshman DeYanna Champion (Dayton, Ohio/Early College Academy) placed third in the 4x400 relay in 4:01.01.
• Sophomore Ziciah Gibson (Cambridge, Ohio/Cambridge) finished fourth in the javelin with a mark of 32.64 meters and sixth in the long jump with a mark of 4.46 meters.
• Freshman Jenna Delp (Canton, Ohio/GlenOak) placed fourth in the invitational long jump with a mark of 5.33 meters, and junior Julissa Williams (Lorain, Ohio/Lorain) was seventh with a mark of 5.15 meters.
• Freshman Brooke DeHart (Springfield, Ohio/Kenton Ridge) was seventh in the long jump with a mark of 4.42 meters.

Up Next

• The Tigers return to action on Saturday for the second and final day of the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic in Lynchburg, Va. Both field and running events are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.