One week after building a wide early-season lead over her Northeast Conference foes in the 400m hurdles, Thompson surged up to second on the league leader board in the 400m dash. The first-year Knight clocked in at 57.56 to strike gold at the Towson University Invitational. Thompson’s time was 0.04 second shy of the No. 1 spot on the NEC performance list -- Mount’s Genamarie McCant (57.52).