RESULTS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Lee University Men's Track & Field team set three Lee records on its way to a first-place finish at the Emory Indoor Invitational Sunday. The event was held at the Birmingham Crossplex.

The Flames amassed 100.50 points behind 12 top-five finishes, including four event wins. Troy University was second with 72 points, Alabama Huntsville was third (66) and Emory University was fourth (63.50).

Headlining the day for Lee was the 4x400-Meter Relay team of Justin Brooks, Jeremiah McCain, Siphosethu Boya and Josiah Brooks. The foursome combined for a time of 3:15.10 to win by a little over a second. The time met the provisional qualifying standard of 3:16.99 and is a new Lee record.

Gari Garmendia improved upon his Lee record in the Shot Put. The junior finished third with a toss of 14.89 meters. He hit the previous mark of 14.46 meters at the BSC Indoor Icebreaker on November 30.

Daniel Surman and Cayden Rechsteiner battled in the Pole Vault. Rechsteiner tied Surman's school record of 4.10 meters for a few minutes before Surman raised the bar to 4.40 meters. Surman placed third in the event and Rechsteiner was seventh.

Josiah Brooks placed first in the Triple Jump and 200-Meter Dash. He covered 15.12 meters in the Triple Jump and posted a time of 21.50 in the 200. The junior also placed second in the 60-Meter Dash with a time of 6.79.

Justin Brooks was second in the 200 with a time of 21.62 and was first in the 400-Meter Dash (48.15).

Boya was seventh (22.24) in the 200 and Teagan Lenox finished 19^th (51.81) in the 400. Stacen Cunningham crossed the 60-Meter finish line in 7.21 to place 25^th.

McCain and Cunningham took on the 60-Meter Hurdles. McCain finished sixth (8.77) and Cunningham was 11^th (8.89).

Andrew Hendry competed in the Mile Run and the 800-Meter Run. The freshman completed the mile in 4:33.94 for ninth and was 30^th in the 800 with a time of 2:06.18.

The Flames put three runners in the top four of the 3000-Meter Run. Ben Tabor crossed the finish line at 8:42.38 for second place. Dawson Reed (8:44.23) and Caleb Eagleson (8:45.54) were right behind in third and fourth, respectively. Moises Ponce stopped the clock at 9:10.75 (17^th).

Evan Hansen was 10^th in the High Jump with a mark of 1.85 meters. Jonah Mayes cleared 1.80 meters to finish 13^th. Mayes also finished fifth in the Long Jump with a leap of 6.35 meters.

"Our men look much different than we did a year ago," said Lee head coach Caleb Morgan. "Our freshmen came in, competed at a high level and have added a tremendous amount of depth to our roster. Our upper classmen have had drastic improvements from a year ago. The added competition of having more athletes in each event at practice and today has elevated the whole team."

The 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.