KINGSTON, R.I. - The Duquesne distance medley relay team collected a silver medal to highlight the first day of the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championship for the Dukes on Saturday afternoon at Mackal Fieldhouse.

Duquesne sits in ninth place through six scored events with 10 points. George Mason leads with a score of 40 followed by UMass second with 37 and Dayton third with 31. 

The DMR team featuring Megan Aller, Bethany Evankovich, Rachel Valotta and Maiah Yankello took second in the event with a time of 11:51.49 for the Dukes. 

Elizabeth Morris also tallied points for Duquesne in the 5,000-meter run, crossing the finish line in 17:23.13, good for seventh place. 

The Dukes qualified for Sunday's finals in all but one event, paced by Evankovich. She placed first in the 400-meter dash prelims with a time of 55.78 in addition to a second-place mark of 25.00 in the 200-meter dash. Kel-Lisa Sebwe also qualified for Sunday's finals in the 400-meter dash at 58.64. 

Gabby Holmberg recorded the fourth-fastest time in the 500-meter run prelims at 1:16.20. 

Yankello (2:16.51 - sixth) and Valotta (2:16.10 - seventh) qualified for the finals in the 800-meter run for Duquesne, while Lauren Ehrenberger (2:55.23 - eighth) qualified for the 1000-meter run finals. 

Amberly Valeriano finished with the sixth-fastest time in the 60-meter prelims at 8.74. 

Duquesne returns to action tomorrow morning on day two of the A-10 Championship beginning with the high jump at 9 a.m.