The weather held up as Najihah Mortimer won the open women's division at the fourth edition of the University of The Bahamas Cross Country Invitational wrapped up at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Center grounds on Saturday.

Powered by Simplified Lending, the meet saw 957 total athletes which was the most ever to register in the meet's history. 

It was a tight finish in the open women's competition with Mortimer edging out her teammate, Bernechia Nelson in an all-out sprint to the finish line. Mortimer ran 11:54.76.

"I didn't feel bad. I was excited to be competing as a Mingoe in this meet. Nelson is my teammate, and we work off one another. I was glad she was able to push me to the end, and we both came out with better time."

Nelson ran a time of 11:54.81 for the second-place finish while UB's Sienna Culmer-Mackey placed third in 14:00.77.

It was a dominating race in the under-20 girls division with C.I Gibson's Avianna Marshall winning in 13:31.84

"I didn't want to stop and keep the pace. I wanted to keep the pace and let no one pass me.

T-Bird Flyers' Rachea Neily came second in 14:09.06. C.R Walker's Julisa Swann came third wit a time of 15:46.43.

It was a fight to this finish in the under-17 girls division between Denika Gittens and Hurry Murray's Breynice Kemp but Gittens was too much after running 11:53.73 to win.

"I have been practicing for a little while now," Gittens said. "I am happy that I got first after getting fifth last year. I was able to sprint my heart out and came home."

Kema ran 11:54.12 to settle for second. Kemp's teammate Ramonique McLennon ran 12:10 for third-place.