BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga had nine top-10 finishes Friday in the season-opening BSC Panther Ice Breaker at the Birmingham CrossPlex.

The women's distance medley relay teams finished 1-2 and Kennedy Thomson took second in the 3,000-meter run. Newcomer Makenzie Jones was third in the mile, followed by teammate Sophia Neglia in fourth.

Thomson finished was just five seconds behind top finisher and former Moc Emily Drouin, who now runs for UAB. She covered the distance in a time of 9:57.65. Emily Poole took sixth overall with a time of 10:29.05.

Jones won her heat and placed third overall with a time of 5:17.98. Neglia was third in the first heat and finished fourth overall with a PR time of 5:22.89. She bested her previous top time by nearly two seconds. Julia Henderson was seventh with a time of 5:29.68.

The Mocs’ DMR "A" team won the race with a time of 12:55.34, pulling away early and stretching the lead as the race went along.

Rebekah Hampton placed eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 9.48 meters. Rebekah Bryant was right behind her in ninth at 9.16 meters. Freshman Sage Davis ran a personal best 8.07 in the 60-meter dash and Nichole Buehrle ran a PR in the 400-meter dash at 1:02.20.

The Mocs return to the track in January for the Samford Invitational in Birmingham.