ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Franklin & Marshall women's outdoor track & field team returned to action at the Muhlenberg Invitational on Saturday. Hayden Adams (high jump) and Mackenzie Ward (javelin) were both individual event winners as the Diplomats posted four top 10 times in school history. Those scores added up to a fifth-place team finish for the Diplomats.

Adams won the high jump competition when she cleared 1.42 meters. That performance highlighted a strong day across multiple events as she also placed third in the pole vault (2.89 meters) and led the team in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.81 seconds. The only other Diplomat to compete in more events at Muhlenberg was Amanda Imhauser who scored team points in the long jump (4.98m), 100 hurdles (17.55), and high jump (1.37m), while also competing in the shot put (9.30m). Imhauser's best mark in the long jump moved her up to the seventh-best individual in school history for that event.

Ward was another highlight of a strong day in the field events as she won the javelin competition with a season-best mark of 36.01 meters. She was one of two F&M throwers to score in that event as Ruth Axford placed seventh overall (24.88m). Ward was also the Diplomats' top performer in the discus with her best throw of 28.07 meters.

Annalise Kauffman just missed a gold medal on the track, but still turned in the 10th-best time in program history as the runner-up in the 1,500 meters (4:54.55). Kauffman additionally scored in the 400 meters by placing sixth with a time of 1:02.5. Bella Johnson led the Diplomats in both the 100 meter (12.96) and 400 meter (1:00.58) events. Her times in those events represent the seventh and eighth best time in school history, respectively, for those events.

Competing in the mid-distance events, Katie Scott and Tara Silverman both doubled in the 800 and 1,500 meters. Scott turned in a pair of scoring performances with a fourth-place finish in the 1,500 meters (4:56.38) and eighth-place showing in the 800 meters (2:28.61). Silverman was just behind her teammate in those events, finishing fifth in the 1,500 meters (4:57.20) and 10th in the 800 meters (2:29.61).

Women's track & field will continue its regular season schedule next weekend when the team competes at the three-day Messiah Invitational while the Diplomats will also have individuals running at Bucknell next Saturday.