RESULTS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Christian Noble met an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark and set a Lee record as the Lee University men's track & field team opened its 2020-2021 indoor season at the UAB Vulcan Invite. The meet was held at the Birmingham Crossplex.

Noble won the mile run by 11 seconds with a time of 4:00.60. His performance was the fourth-best all-time in DII. He bested the automatic standard of 4:02.62 and improved his own Lee record from 4:13.21 set four years ago.

Wynand Du Toit claimed a time of 48.27 in the 400-meter dash to meet the provisional qualifying time of 48.42. Siphosethu Boya finished fifth (49.02), Jeremiah McCain was seventh (49.57) and Caleb Campbell placed 11^th (50.12).

Daniel Surman tied his own school record in the pole vault. He tied for fourth with a vault of 4.60 meters.

In the 200-meter dash, Boya stopped the clock at 22.04 seconds to finish sixth. Campbell was ninth (22.24) and McCain was 11^th (22.59).

Titus Lagat finished fourth in the mile (4:14.70) with Casey Guthery in eighth with a time of 4:24.89. Lagat won the 800-meter run by over a second (1:54.88). Guthery was fifth at 2:00.14.

Caleb Eagleson led six Flames into the top 13 of the 3000-meter run. Eagleson was second overall with a time of 8:28.92. Thomas Kelton (8:35.78) and Dawson Reed (8:36.96) were fifth and sixth, respectively. Silas Eckenroad crossed the line in ninth (8:42.99). Adan Rodriguez finished 11^th (8:44.08) and Ezekiel Harless was 13^th (8:48.08).

In the 60-meter hurdles, McCain posted a time of 8.69 seconds for ninth. Cameron Stine placed 10^th (8.71) and Stacen Cunningham was 13^th (8.92). Stine added an eighth-place performance in the high jump after clearing 1.95 meters.

Matthew Black secured a pair of 14^th-place finishes in the throwing events. He recorded a distance of 11.43 meters in the shot put and 11.24 meters in the weight throw.

The Flames are scheduled to compete at the Samford Invitational on January 22-23 in the Birmingham Crossplex.