BIRMINGHAM-The Millsaps women's track and field team placed second at the Hilltop Classic hosted by conference member Birmingham Southern. 

Sophomore Velvet Johnson started out the heat strong with a third place finish in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.18.

Junior Michelle Wheeler had a strong race in the 200 meter dash finishing in second place with a time of 26.95.  Freshman Meredith Cook finished in 30.91 seconds. In the 400 meters, Wheeler narrowly missed out on a first place finish with a time of 1:00.28 seconds. In the 400 hurdles, it was Jaleesa Perez winning with a time of 1:08.65. The women's 4x100 sprint team of Jalessa Perez, Michelle Wheeler, Meredith Cook, Velvet Johnson placed third with a time of 52.57. Perez also ran a season best 16.78 in the 100 meter high hurdles. 

 Sara Sacks won the steeplechase with a time of 12 minutes. Staying with the distance events, Melinda Solomon finished second in the 1500 with a 5:17.27 mark. The 4x400 team of Jalessa Perez, Sara Sacks, Velvet Johnson, Michelle Wheeler ran a season best time of 4:21.10 to place second. Susan Fasano ran a personal best of  20:36.78 in the women's 5000 meters. 

Wheeler would continue her banner day, winning the long jump with a distance of nearly 15 feet 10 inches. Kasey Laird and Alexis Guice went 1-2 in the shot put. Laird cleared 12 meters, while Guice threw 11.77 meters. Laird and Guice went 1-2 again in the discus as well. Laird threw 124 feet while Guice was not far behind at 116 feet. Both throws cleared the third place throw by over six feet.Guice would continue her fine day with a win in the hammer, lapping the field with a throw of 140 feet, nearly 16 feet better than second place.

The Majors finished second as a team to Birmingham Southern. They will head to Clinton next Friday to compete at Mississippi College.