CHARLESTON — Junior Tuli Bera won the 55-meter dash Saturday at the Charleston Indoor Invitational with a time of 7.63 seconds, edging Ashlee Shroyer of Tolono Unity (7.67) for top honors in the Class A field.

Bera's performance was the best by an Illinek on the day as the Uni girls placed 14th out of 35 Class A schools and 30th out of 55 teams overall.

Senior Lizzy Warner also earned points with a seventh-place finish in the 400 (1:04.99), about four and a half seconds behind winner Leeann Michl of Newton (1:00.40).

The Illineks finished with 12 points. Newton (48) won the Class A title, while AA East St. Louis scored a meet-best 67. Even though the IHSA has reorganized girls track and field into three enrollment classes (1A, 2A, 3A), the Charleston Invite retains the previous two-class system (A and AA).

Warner has already qualified for the March 27-28 Illinois Prep Top Times Meet in Bloomington, the unofficial state meet for indoor track. She made the cut in the 400, turning in a time of 1:04.74 at the Feb. 25 Uni High Invite at the Armory.

Bera's performance in the 55 at Charleston will likely garner her an invitation to IPTT as well, since it ranks among the top five times in Class A so far this indoor season. The sprinter narrowly missed qualifying for the IHSA outdoor state meet last May when she placed third in the 100 dash at sectionals.

Here is how the girls team fared at Saturday's meet:

• 55-meter dash
  1st — Tuli Bera, 7.63
  (2nd — Ashlee Shroyer, Tolono Unity, 7.67)

• 200-meter dash
  31st — Ashley Huddson, 30.65
  (1st — Lindsey Holden, Greenville, 26.06)

• 400-meter dash
  7th — Lizzy Warner, 1:04.99
  (1st — Leeann Michl, Newton, 1:00.40)

• 800-meter run
  12th — Lizzy Warner, 2:38.34
  50th — Deborah Ladd, 3:02.34
  (1st — Caitlin Busch, Freeburg, 2:25.28)

• 4x200-meter relay
  17th — Uni, 2:00.52
  (1st — St. Joseph-Ogden, 1:54.23)

• Triple jump
  16th — Tuli Bera, 28-8
  (1st — Jaimee Roy, Neoga, 34-9.5)

• Shot put
  32nd — Rachel Harmon, 26-8
  (1st — Kelsey Card, Carlinville, 43-0)

The Uni boys will compete in the Charleston Invitational on Saturday. Their 4x800 relay team has already been invited to the IPTT.