WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Senior captain Elise Lambert ran the second fastest time in the 800 meters Friday at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, advancing to Saturday's finals and essentially ensuring herself All-America honors. 

Lambert (Amherst, N.H.) raced to the finish in 2:12.09, second in her heat to Washington University's Emma Kelley (2:11.94). It was also the second fastest time overall out of the three heats, putting Lambert in great position to better her fifth-place finish last spring in the 800 meters at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Eight runners out of a field of 19 advanced to the final, which takes place Saturday at 3:50pm. All who advanced will score team points and earn All-America honors, barring a false start in the final.

In other action on Friday, junior Jordan Wilson (Medfield, Mass.) competed in the mile run and placed 10th in her heat with a time of 5:18.62.

A three-time All-American entering the meet, Lambert's first All-America honor came as a member of Bates' second-place distance medley relay team at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships, and her second was earned as a qualifier in the 800 meters at the 2020 NCAA Indoor Championships, which were canceled the day before they were to take place.