COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's track & field team scored points in six events Saturday, including a school-record time in the 4x100 meter relay, and the Golden Eagles posted their highest finish at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships, locking up fifth place with a school-best 67 points.

Eastern Illinois repeated as women's and men's champions in the meet, which ended without finishing the final two events due to bad weather conditions. As it was, Saturday's action took place in bouts of rain and wind, making for difficult conditions.

After piling up 47 points on Friday, Tech added 20 points Saturday to reach its mark of 67. It placed Tech fifth just one-half point ahead of Austin Peay.

Following EIU (212 points) in the women's team standings were Southeast Missouri (155.5), Eastern Kentucky (131), Jacksonville State (73.5), Tennessee Tech (67), Austin Peay (66.5), Tennessee State (42.5), Murray State (30) and Morehead State (1).

Seniors Stephanie Place (pictured) and Ashley Evans accounted for 11 points Saturday in the 5,000-meter run. Place took second in the time of 17:42.53 while Evans finished sixth in 18:12.15.

Another senior, Rachel Forbes, earned three points with a sixth place effort in the javelin with a final toss of 109 feet, 1 inch. 

Meagan Lyons and Ashley Mayhew each added a point Saturday to what each had scored Friday. Lyons placed eighth in the 100-meter hurdles (15.05 seconds) and Mayhew was eighth in the hammer throw (133 feet, 11 inches).

The only school record broken over the weekend came in the 4x100 relay, which placed seventh for two points. The foursome of Lyons, Justine Phillips, Ofey Eguzo and Allison Price circled the track in 48.38 seconds to eclipse the previous mark of 48.80.

The 4x400 relay team of Price, Carter, Lynn and Danielle Catlett narrowly missed the school mark, finishing seventh in the time of 3:59.67.

Place wound up accounting for 18 points to lead the Golden Eagles in the final meet of her record-setting career. Senior Katherine Lynn was next, scoring 10 points when she was crowned the OVC high jump champ. Following that pair was Evans, who notched nine points with fourth, sixth and eight place efforts in the three longest events of the weekend.

Meagan Lyons scored seven, Ashley Mayhew and Tiffany Palmer added six each, Forbes scored three, Lacy Yslas 2, and Madison Borden and Leayn Carter one each.  Here is a breakdown of Tech's individual scoring in the OVC Championships:

Stephanie Place            18
Katherine Lynn           *10
Ashley Evans                 9
Meagan Lyons             #7
Ashley Mayhew              6
Tiffany Palmer               6
Rachel Forbes                3
Lacy Yslas                     2
Madison Borden             1
Leayn Carter                *1 

# also member of the 4x100 relay (2 points)
* also member of the 4x400 relay (2 points)