BOSTON, Mass. – Sophomores Lou Trois and Emily Vining led a group of six distance runners who ran for personal-best times at Boston University's John Thomas Terrier Classic on Friday Jan. 28.

Trois won her heat and placed 12^th overall in the mile with a time of 4:44.44. She beat per previous best time by 17 seconds and now holds the No. 1 time in the MAC by over 10 seconds.

Vining crossed the finish line in 9:28.7 in the 3000m to take 14th. Her time was 18 seconds better than her previous best in that event and currently sits as the No. 1 time in the MAC. Not far behind was sister Madeline Vining, whose time of 9:37.96 beat her previous best by 26 seconds.

Freshman Joy Chirchir ran her first ever 3000m indoor race. Her time of 9:38.82 give Toledo the top four times in the MAC in the 3000m race. Freshmen Olivia Gang (4:58.42) and Madi Eyman (5:00.21) also ran for personal bests in the mile.

"I am very happy with where we sit after tonight as a team," said Head Coach Andrea Grove-McDonough. "Many of the women who raced tonight had not opened their season yet, and we have taken a decidedly low key approach to this indoor. Joy has only been doing workouts for two weeks now, and we have had a lot of stops and starts to training with illness and other things. As a result we knew the focus would not be on any early season races and we would focus mainly on using indoor as preparation for a big outdoor season. The results today were a very pleasant surprise and frankly we just had a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to what's to come from this young group."

 
John Thomas Terrier Classic
Boston, Mass. | Jan. 29-29
Track and Tennis Center
 
Toledo Individual Results
 
Mile
12. Lou Trois, 4:44.44
35. Olivia Gang, 4:58.42
40. Madi Eyman, 5:00.21
50. Morgan Hicks, 5:03.80
 
3000m Run
14. Emily Vining, 9:28.74
21. Madeline Vining, 9:37.96
24. Joy Chirchir, 9:38.82