ST. CHARLES, MO --- The UIS women's track team had a good Saturday of racing at the Lindenwood, Missouri John Creer Invitational.  The top performances of the weekend were turned in by Lexi Yoggerst in the 400m dash along with Olivia Rohr and Rachael Crowley in the 1500m run.
 
Yoggerst placed sixth overall in the 400m dash with a time of :58.79, improving on her school record set two weeks ago (:59.24)  She was fifth in the seeded section of the event in the field of 33 runners.
 
Rohr and Crowley finished 11th and 16th overall in the field of 52 runners across five sections.  Rohr finished second in the third section with a time of 5:14.15 and Crowley was third in the second section of the event with a time of 5:24.51.
 
The 4 x 400m relay team of Maddie Logsdon, Haley Kerpan, Rohr, and Yoggerst placed sxth overall and first in the second of three sections with a time of 4:22.81.  There was a total of 14 teams in the event.
 
The meet was won by GLVC Indoor Team Champion Lewis University with a total of 121 points, host Lindenwood was second with 96 points followed by Truman State 81.5 points.  The UIS women tallied six points with their two top-eight finishes and tied with the U of IL Club Team for 19th place in the field of 28 schools.
 
Coach Mike De Witt commented on the UIS ladies team performances:  "The ladies showed strong racing during the day, competing towards the front of their sections in most cases.  We are right on the edge of getting to the next level of times and competitive efforts.  The goal for the weekend was to compete out of the comfort zone over the second half of the race, while still focusing on the race itself.  We showed progress on times as well.  We are looking to continue to chip down times this coming weekend."