RALEIGH RELAYS RESULTS | DON MCGAREY INVITATIONAL RESULTS

RALEIGH, N.C./KENNESAW, Ga. – The Lee University women's track & field team had a split squad weekend with a handful of athletes traveling to North Carolina State University's Raleigh Relays and the rest competing at the Don McGarey Invitational hosted by Kennesaw State University. Overall, the Lady Flames collected two Lee records over the weekend and finished third at the Don McGarey Invitational.

Lee sent two Lady Flames to the Raleigh Relays and came away with one Lee record. Celine Ritter covered the 10000-Meter Run in 33:42.90 to claim an 11^th-place finish in a field full of NCAA Division I and professional runners. Her time set a new Lee standard. Toni Moore placed 42^nd in the 5000-Meter Run with a time of 16:36.00.

At the Don McGarey Invitational, Lee's 81 points were good for third place. Kennesaw State tallied 307 points for first and Indiana Tech was second with 98 points. Olivet Nazarene was close behind Lee in fourth with 73 points.

Liezl Theron supplied the second Lee record of the weekend in the 400-Meter Hurdles. Theron's time of 1:02.42 put her in third place. Hannah Wright was seventh (1:05.70) and Madlyn Mayo finished 14^th (1:11.92). Wright and Mayo also participated in the 100-Meter Hurdles where Wright placed fifth (14.70) and Mayo was 15^th (16.88).

Theron cleared 1.65 meters to win the High Jump. Devon Jackett finished 12^th with a jump of 1.50 meters and Sydney White was 22^nd with a clearance of 1.40 meters. Theron added a sixth-place finish in the Long Jump with a leap of 5.57 meters.

Olivia McLain's first-place time of 17:24.53 was over 35 seconds faster than her nearest competitor in the 5000-Meter Run.

Kristen Blevins was second in both the 100-Meter Dash and the 200-Meter Dash with times of 12.07 seconds and 24.77 seconds, respectively. Carissa Hall was 10^th (25.30) and Wright 11^th (25.38) in the 200. Janay Ryan, Mikayla Beeler, Theron and White rounded out the Lee contingent in the 200. Ryan finished 18^th (25.70), Beeler was 30^th (26.04), Theron placed 50^th (26.76) and White recorded a time of 27.22 (59^th).

Beeler and Ryan were part of the 400-Meter Dash. Beeler crossed the finish line at 58.34 seconds for eighth and Ryan was 14^th (59.27). The Lady Flames had four runners in the 800-Meter Run. Aria Hawkins was fourth (2:16.02) and Lily Hare finished sixth at 2:19.39. Liza Kellerman placed ninth with a time of 2:19.39, while Ashlyn Iliff was 19^th (2:29.95).

Danielle Horter was Lee's top finisher in the 1500-Meter Run with a fifth-place time of 4:45.68. Iliff was eighth (4:57.97) with Elizabeth Beckham right behind in ninth (4:58.37). Katie Krueger placed 11^th at 5:01.29, Kaitlyn Sesler was 14^th (5:08.33) and Elizabeth Heckman finished 15^th (5:08.56).

Grace Adams was fourth in the 3000-Meter Steeplechase. She finished the event in 11:33.17 to be the top non-DI finisher.

Hall finished the Triple Jump with a measurement of 11.74 meters to claim fourth place. Theron was 18^th in the Shot Put with a throw of 10.30 meters, while White finished 29^th with a mark of 9.43 meters.

Austyn Durham and Deborah Rubin were Lee's representatives in the Discus Throw and Hammer Throw. In the discus, Durham placed 12^th with a throw of 32.54 meters and Rubin was 14^th at 32.09 meters. Rubin recorded a third-place throw of 46.59 meters and Durham threw the hammer 29.69 meters to finish 22^nd.

Lee returns to action in the Flames Invitational that will be held at the Ray Conn Sports Complex April 7-9.