RESULTS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Lee University women's track & field team opened its 2020-2021 indoor season at the UAB Vulcan Invite and came away with three NCAA Division II provisional qualifiers and a Lee record. The meet was held at the Birmingham Crossplex.
Chloe Flora (9:39.56), Celine Ritter (9:45.23) and Toni Moore (9:55.58) were the top three finishers in the 3000-meter run. All three of their times were below the provisional mark of 9:57.72. Olivia McLain's fifth-place time of 9:57.93 was 0.21 seconds off the provisional standard. Danielle Horter gave the Lady Flames five runners in the top seven with a time of 10:09.57.
Carissa Hall claimed a Lee record in the triple jump. The freshman recorded a mark of 11.42 meters to finish fifth and eclipse the previous record of 11.28 meters that was set by Tyra Duma on Feb. 19, 2020.
Kyleeyah Whitehead and Jaila Whitaker competed in the 60-meter dash. Whitehead finished 19
th (8.00) and Whitaker was 25
th (8.19). Whitaker joined Jamaya Rand in the 200-meter dash. Rand placed 20
th (26.65) with Whitaker right behind in 21
st (27.05). Rand completed the 400-meter dash at 1:02.20 for seventh.
Elizabeth Heckman, Audrey Royer and Elizabeth Beckham were Lee's three representatives in the mile run. Heckman was 14
th overall at 5:31.65 with Royer 19
th (5:34.18) and Beckham 22
nd (5:40.10).
Liezl Theron stopped the clock at 9.61 seconds to finish 10
th in the 60-meter hurdles. Brooke Long was 13
th (9.77).
Long added an 11
th-place finish with a long jump of 4.99 meters. Hall placed 13
th with a leap of 4.96 meters. Theron (17
th), Whitehead (19
th) and Hannah Wright (25
th) had marks of 4.80, 4.70 and 4.35 meters, respectively.
Deborah Rubin and Mattie Thomas battled in the throwing events. Rubin was eighth in the shot put with a measurement of 12.12 meters and was sixth with a weight throw of 14.34 meters. Thomas placed 15
th after throwing the shot put 9.36 meters and was 12
th in the weight throw with a toss of 11.26 meters.
The Lady Flames are scheduled to compete at the Samford Invitational on January 22-23 in the Birmingham Crossplex.
