RESULTS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Lee University Women's Track & Field team collected six top-five finishes, including two first-places, on its way to placing third at the Emory Indoor Invitational Sunday. The event was held at the Birmingham Crossplex.

Troy University posted 147 points to claim the team title. Emory University was second with 80.50 points and the Lady Flames collected 57 points for third. Alabama Huntsville (45.50) rounded out the top four teams.

Lee's strongest event was the 3000-Meter Run. Amy Carpenter was the event winner with a time of 10:19.10. Logan Hernandez was fourth (10:41.04) and Becca Umbarger was sixth (10:49.15).

The Lady Flames earned another win in the Mile Run where Charlee Boxall stopped the clock at 5:03.07. Kendra Irvine was 14^th (5:32.43) and Audrey Royer recorded a time of 5:38.79 (23^rd). Boxall also placed third in the 800-Meter Run with a time of 2:19.07.

The sprint events gave the Lady Flames the final two top-five finishes. Kayla Williams was third in the 60-Meter Dash at 7.74 seconds. Kristen Blevins was eighth (7.91), while Kiley Brock placed 11^th (7.95).

Amber Littlejohn completed the 200-Meter Dash in 25.67 to finish in fourth. Brock was eighth (25.88) and Blevins was 18^th (26.34).

Littlejohn joined Mikayla Beeler and Brooke Long in the 400-Meter Dash. Beeler placed 14^th (1:00.47), while Littlejohn was 21^st (1:01.49) and Long was 33^rd (1:02.93). Long was 20^th (9.79) in the 60-Meter Hurdles and Julia Martin finished 36^th (10.67).

The Lee 4x400-Meter Relay team of Beeler, Blevins, Williams and Littlejohn placed sixth with a total time of 4:03.19.

"Our women's roster looks a lot different than a year ago," said Lee head coach Caleb Morgan. "We have a lot of new faces and have changed our strengths. Our sprints and distance are competing at a high level right now."

Faith Lewis and Mattie Thomas competed in the Shot Put and Weight Throw. Lewis recorded a throw of 11.91 meters to placed sixth in the shot put. Thomas was right behind in seventh with a mark of 11.57 meters. In the Weight Throw, Lewis was 27^th (11.41 meters) and Thomas was 35^th (8.68 meters).

Hannah Buttolph led three Lady Flames into the High Jump. Buttolph cleared 1.55 meters to finish in ninth. Long recorded a jump of 1.40 meters to finish 27^th and Reily Anderson was 28^th with a mark of 1.35 meters.

Irvine and Kaitlynn Kincer were 13^th and 16^th, respectively, in the Pole Vault. Irvine cleared 2.80 meters and Kincer was successful at 2.50 meters.

Beeler finished 15^th (4.79 meters) in the Long Jump and Avery Truelove was 16^th with a leap of 4.72 meters. Truelove also competed in the Triple Jump where she covered a distance of 10.42 meters for 12^th. Anderson hopped, skipped and jumped 9.86 meters for 17^th.

"We have some work to do in a couple areas," added Morgan. "I know we will put things together when we need to most. We always do."

The Lady Flames return to action at the Camel City Invitational in Winston-Salem, N.C. The meet will be held contested at JDL Fast Track February 1-2.