RESULTS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Lee University men's track & field team met the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark in two events and set four Lee University records this past weekend during the Charlotte 49er Classic at the Irwin Belk Track & Field Center.
Lee records were set in the 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, javelin and shot put. Three of the four records were set by the previous record holders.
Derek Flatford improved upon his record performance in the previous meet with a time of 15.16 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles. His previous mark was 15.46. Jeremiah McCain did the same in the 400-meter hurdles. McCain's seventh-place time of 53.80 was 1.19 seconds faster than his record-setting time two weeks earlier.
Samuel Duarte launched the javelin 50.62 meters to finish 11
th and add 0.61 meters to the top mark he recorded at the Victor Icebreaker Duals.
Gari Garmendia finished 24
th in the shot put with a Lee record throw of 13.93 meters. The previous mark was 12.99 meters set by Christian Smith on April 9, 2016.
Josiah Brooks, Siphosethu Boya and Justin Brooks each finished in the top 15 of the 100-meter dash. Josiah crossed the finish line in fourth at 10.60 seconds. Boya was 13
th (10.80) and Justin finished 15
th (10.85).
In the 200-meter dash, Justin Brooks finished third with a provisional-qualifying time of 21.30. Boya crossed the line at 22.19 for 19
th.
Justin Brooks was the overall winner in the 400-meter dash. His time of 47.13 was 0.18 seconds better than second place and met the provisional qualifying mark. Boya was fifth in the event at 48.56, while Teagan Lenox was 36
th (51.65).
Jared Herzog led a trio of Flames in the 800-meter run. He covered the distance in 1:58.02 to place 33
rd. Andrew Hendry (2:02.46) and Moises Ponce (2:02.94) were 71
st and 73
rd, respectively.
The trio was joined by Ben Gilman in the 1500-meter run. Herzog was the first Lee runner across the finish line at 25
th (4:01.21). Ponce finished 55
th (4:09.01), Gilman was 57
th (4:09.54) and Hendry placed 68
th (4:11.27).
Christian Noble added another top-five finish with a fourth-place finish in the 5000-meter invite. He recorded a time of 14:46.62. Casey Guthery's time of 15:01.41 put him in 15
th. Caleb Eagleson finished 18
th (15:05.72) and Ben Tabor was 25
th (15:30.31).
Dawson Reed was the lone Lee runner in the 10000-meter run. He posted a time of 32:48.35 to finish seventh. Thomas Kelton placed fourth in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:24.32.
Stacen Cunningham was 20
th (15.27) in the 110 hurdles and finished 34
th (57.74) in the 400 hurdles. McCain was 22
nd (15.28) in the 110 hurdles, while Flatford was 31
st (57.34) in the 400 hurdles.
Jonah Mayes tied for 10
th in the high jump invite with a clearance of 1.88 meters. Evan Hansen was second in the high jump with a recorded height of 1.83 meters. Cayden Rechsteiner cleared 3.80 meters to finish 13
th in the pole vault.
Flatford, Josiah Brooks and Mayes were Lee's three participants in the long jump. Flatford jumped 7.05 meters to finish fourth. Brooks was 15
th at 6.61 meters and Mayes covered 6.32 meters for 24
th. Mayes also placed 13
th in the triple jump with 13.35-meter combination.
Garmendia added an 18
th-place finish in the hammer with a throw of 42.93 meters. He also finished 21
st with a javelin throw of 45.02 meters.
"As a group our men had a lot of strong performances across the board," said Lee head coach Caleb Morgan. "Flatford had a huge leap in the long jump and great run in the 110 hurdles, he continues his progression to full strength. McCain had a gutsy run in the 400 hurdles. Josiah continues to lower his time in the 100. Justin is running with a lot of confidence right now. This was by far the fastest 400 he has run this early in an outdoor season."
The Flames return to action the weekend of March 29-30 when they will have a split-squad weekend with one group traveling to Raleigh, N.C., for the Raleigh Relays and the rest traveling to Atlanta for the Emory Classic.
