The Emory University women's 4x400-meter relay team and junior Julie Williamson each improved their qualifying times for the NCAA Division III Championships, highlighting the squad's performance at the Hilton Garden Innvitational in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Friday and Saturday.

For the women's 4x400-meter relay, it was freshman Julia Leventhal, freshman Erica Goldman, Williamson and senior Electra Korn finishing eighth overall in the event with a time of 3:56.07.  The time was the sixth-fastest run by a relay in the program's history, and the second-fastest time to date this season in Division III.

On Friday night, Williamson also improved on her time in the 800-meter run, finishing 10^th in the event with a mark of 2:16.60.  The time was her fastest converted mark of the year in the event, and ranks as the 11^th-best 800-meter run time in Division III this season.

Also on Friday, senior Hannah Parra added times of 8.45 seconds in the 60-meter dash and 10.12 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles, good for 68^th- and 52^nd-place finishes, respectively.  In the weight throw, freshman Zoe Fowler finished 31^st with a toss of 11.32 meters.

Standing out on Friday for the men was junior Spencer Koh, who finished fourth in the pole vault by clearing the bar at a height of 4.25 meters, while senior James Bassen finished 25^th in the weight throw with a distance of 13.32 meters.  In the 800-meter run, senior Kevin Delaney finished 40^th with a time of 1:58.77, followed by freshman Charles King in 56^th place with a time of 2:02.10, and junior Andrew Hemingway in 62^nd with a mark of 2:02.97.  Freshman Benjamin Rogin rounded out Emory's performances on the first day with a time of 8.68 seconds in the preliminaries of the 60-meter hurdles.

Other Emory performances on Saturday for the Emory women included, Korn's sixth-place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.63 seconds, while Goldman finished 62^nd in the event with a time of 27.53 seconds, and freshman Kora Dreffs placed 40^th in the shot put with a throw of 10.19 meters.  For the men in the 200-meter dash, freshman Daniel Pietsch finished 17^th with a time of 23.09 seconds, with Rogin finishing in 56^th with a mark of 24.10 seconds.  In the men's mile run, sophomore Michael McBane recorded a time of 4:27.02, and sophomore Brandon Cromer a mark of 4:38.01, finishing 39^th and 62^nd in the event, respectively.

The Eagles will continue their indoor season next weekend, when the squad is scheduled to head to the East Tennessee State University Multi-Event in Johnson City, Tennessee on Friday, February 6^th and Saturday, February 7^th.