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Women's Track and Field Athletic Communications

Lady Flames Complete Busy Weekend

Kendra Irvine and Audrey Royer (from left) were 13th and 15th, respectively, in the mile run.


ROD MCCRAVY RESULTS | JAGUAR INVITATIONAL RESULTS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Lee University Women's Track & Field team completed a long weekend of competition with an 11th-place finish at the University of South Alabama Jaguar Invitational. The meet was held at the Birmingham CrossPlex on Sunday. The Lady Flames started the weekend in Lexington, Ky., at the Rod McCravy Memorial hosted by the University of Kentucky on Friday and Saturday. The two-day event did not track team scoring.

At Kentucky's Nutter Fieldhouse, Amber Littlejohn posted a Lee record time of 58.01 to finish 14th in the 400-meter dash. She also placed 23rd in the 200 with a time of 25.23, while Kiley Brock was 30th (25.87), Kayla Williams placed 32nd (25.95) and Kristen Blevins finished 37th (26.57).

Williams and Brock also competed in the 60-meter dash. Williams stopped the clock at 7.76 for 17th and Brock was 27th (7.95). Blevins was 28th with a time of 7.96.

Charlee Boxall recorded a sixth-place finish in the 1 mile run with a time of 5:00.29. Boxall completed the 800-meter run in 2:20.80 for 13th.

Amy Carpenter, Logan Hernandez and Becca Umbarger ran together in the 5000-meter run. Carpenter covered the distance in 18:06.89 to finish fifth. Hernandez was sixth (18:23.55) and Umbarger was seventh (18:27.69).

Cate Gifford placed seventh in the 1 mile run to record Lee's two points at the Jaguar Invitational. Texas State was first with 184 points. The University of Memphis was second (118) and Samford University was third (81).

Gifford covered the mile in 5:15.57. Kendra Irvine was 13th (5:30.54) and Audrey Royer finished 15th (5:37.67) in the event. Gifford and Royer also competed in the 800-meter run. Gifford was 10th (2:26.40) and Royer was 18th (2:36.38).

Mikayla Beeler crossed the finish line of the 200-meter dash at 27.09 to finish 24th. Beeler was joined by Brooke Long in the 400-meter dash where Beeler finished 17th (1:00.48) and Long was 20th (1:01.47). Long completed the 60-meter hurdles in 9.58 to finish 24th.

Avery Truelove recorded two top-15 finishes in the jumping events. She was 12th in the triple jump with a mark of 10.55 meters and placed 15th with a long jump of 4.90 meters. Beeler registered a jump of 4.54 meters to finish 20th.

Hannah Buttolph and Jordan Allison were Lee's representatives in the high jump. Buttolph cleared 1.59 meters (12th) and Allison was right behind at 1.54 meters (13th).

The Lady Flames return to the CrossPlex in Birmingham on Saturday (Feb. 9) to compete in the Samford Open.
 
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