RESULTS

MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The Lee University men's track & field team tallied 143 points on Saturday, but it would not be enough as the Flames finished second at the 2021 Gulf South Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The three-day event was held at the University of Montevallo Track and Field Stadium.

Lee began the day in third place and 47.5 points behind first place Alabama Huntsville. The Flames combined to collect four gold medals, six silver and three bronze on the final day of competition to cut into the UAH lead. The Chargers amassed 223 points to win the team title, while the Flames finished with 212.5 points. Mississippi College placed third with 192.5 points.

The Flames swept the top three positions in the 400-meter dash. Wynand Du Toit crossed the finish line first at 47.20 seconds. Siphosethu Boya was second (47.29) and Caleb Campbell claimed the third spot at 48.44 seconds.

Christian Noble gathered another first-place finish in the 1500-meter run. His time of 3:46.82 topped the previous GSC record set in 1979 and broke Titus Lagat's Lee record set at the Flames Invitational. Lagat finished fourth with a time of 3:54.70. Thomas Kelton stopped the clock at 3:58.01 for seventh and Jacob Hatcher placed ninth (4:08.29).

Lagat turned around to win the 800-meter run with a GSC Championship Record time of 1:50.95. Hatcher was 14^th (2:03.44) and Caleb Guthery finished 15^th (2:05.69).

The Flames put five runners in the top nine of the 5000-meter run. Noble finished second with a time of 14:56.25. Will Stone was fifth (14:59.92) with Caleb Eagleson (15:06.45) finishing seventh, Silas Eckenroad eighth (15:10.86) and Casey Guthery (15:21.49) in ninth.

Daniel Surman cleared 4.71 meters to win the pole vault. Eli Brooks finished fourth with a successful vault of 4.21 meters.

McCain, Cunningham and Cameron Stine all scored in the 110-meter hurdles. McCain was Lee's top finisher in third place at 14.52 seconds. Cunningham was sixth (15.31) and Stine was eighth (15.88). In the 400 hurdles, McCain and Du Toit finished second (52.78) and third (53.50), respectively. Cunningham was sixth at 55.48 seconds, while Stine finished 11^th (58.54).

Boya completed the 200-meter dash in second with a time of 21.22 seconds. Du Toit was seventh (22.38) and McCain finished eighth (25.10) in the event.

The 4x100-meter relay team of Cunningham, Boya, McCain and Teagan Lenox were fourth with a combined time of 41.51 seconds. McCain and Boya joined Campbell and Du Toit to finish second with a 4x400-meter relay time of 3:15.85.

Samuel Duarte added a second-place finish in the javelin throw with a mark of 57.66 meters. Brooks finished sixth with a throw of 49.44 meters and Lenox placed ninth with a throw of 43.04 meters.

Lenox joined Derek Flatford in the long jump. Flatford finished 12^th with a long jump of 6.07 meters and Lenox was 13^th at 6.05 meters.

Up next for the Flames will be the Lee University Last Chance Meet on May 15.