WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Paced by a pair of second place finishes, Missouri S&T's women's track & field team resumed it schedule Friday at the Central Missouri Invitational by placing fourth as a team in the meet.

Annmarie Tyson (St. Louis, MO/St. Joseph's Academy) placed second in the high jump by going over the bar at 5-3¼, as did Sydney Stephens (Plattsburg, MO/Plattsburg) in the shot put with a mark of 40-4¼.  S&T also got a third place showing in the shot put from Paige Lambright (Poplar Grove, IL/Belvidere North) with her mark of 39-0¼.

The Miners had four of the top seven finishers in the mile, led by Emma Puetz's (Rolla, MO/Rolla) fourth place time of 5:34.66.  Aubrie Caldwell (Dripping Springs, TX/Dripping Springs) was fifth in 5:35.20, Clare Holmes (Camdenton, MO/Camdenton) was sixth in 5:41.23 and Grace Giesler (Owasso, OK/Owasso) finished seventh in 5:42.07.

Sydney Gratz (Geneva, IL/Geneva) cleared 10-11 in the pole vault to finish fourth in that event, while Kassandra Hayes (Rolla, MO/Rolla) was fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 31-8¾. Olivia Henkel (Liberty, MO/Liberty North) was fifth in the high jump with a clearance of 5-1¼, while Stephens took sixth in the weight throw with a mark of 45-5 and Maya Wright (Hillsboro, MO/Hillsboro) was sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.69 seconds.

Wright also had a seventh place effort in the 400-meters with a time of 1:03.80 and Jessica Rhoads (Holts Summit, MO/Jefferson City) posted a performance of 37-9½ in the shot put and 45-2 in the weight throw to place seventh in both events.  Hayes cleared 4-11½ in the high jump to finish seventh.

The Miners finished with 41 points in the meet to finish behind host UCM, Emporia State and Southwest Baptist.  S&T will compete at the Principia Relays next Saturday in Elsah, Ill.