RESULTS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Six Lee University men's track & field team members met the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark in three different events this weekend at the 2023 Vanderbilt Invitational. The competition was held Friday and Saturday inside Vanderbilt's Recreation Center.

The Flames exceeded the provisional mark in the distance medley relay, mile run and 5000-meter run. The foursome of Roberto Fajardo, Jacob Hatcher, Niquaine Henry and Will Stone finished second with a time of 9:56.81 to meet the standard of 10:05.20. It is the top DMR time recorded in DII so far this season.

Fajardo and Stone also met the provisional time of 4:10.39 in the mile. Fajardo was 15^th (4:07.47) and Stone 16^th (4:07.55) in the event with their marks settling at the ninth and 10^th-best times in DII. Ryan Lovelace just missed the provisional mark with a 20^th-place time of 4:10.89. Hatcher (4:12.39) finished 26^th, Evan Moore was 31^st (4:15.79), Stephen Clark placed 40^th (4:20.36) and Caleb Guthery stopped the clock at 4:20.54 (41^st).

Silas Eckenroad, Matthew Fowler and Aaron Himes each eclipsed the 14:29.66 standard of the 5000. Eckenroad was second overall with a time of 14:20.26. Fowler (14:26.41) and Himes (14:29.65) finished third and fifth, respectively. Adan Rodriguez (14:34.07) was seventh, while Ezekiel Harless was eighth with a time of 14:35.40.

Jon Fielding Stogner completed the 3000-meter run in 8:28.06 to finish 15^th. Titus Lagat joined Clark and Moore in the 800-meter run. Lagat (1:52.75) led Lee with a 12^th-place finish. Clark (1:58.00) finished 31^st with Moore right behind in 32^nd (1:58.06).

Doniven Jackson posted a time of 6.98 seconds in the 60-meter dash to place 14^th. He also finished 15^th in the 200 with a time of 22.36, while Justin Steele was sixth (21.80). Nokia Masengu crossed the line at 50.10 seconds for 20^th in the 400. Stacen Cunningham's time of 8.57 was good for 16^th in the 60-meter hurdles. Cameron Stine collected 4260 points to finish 12^th in the heptathlon.

In the field events, Cale Kassen cleared 1.93 meters to tie for seventh in the high jump. Caleb Long finished 28^th with a long jump of 6.28 meters. Eli Brooks cleared 4.45 meters to finish eighth and Riley Margene (14^th) was successful at 4.25 meters in the pole vault open event.

Camden Williams and Matthew Black competed in the weight throw and the shot put open. Williams was 12^th with a mark of 14.02 meters in the shot put and 28^th with a weight throw of 14.19 meters. Black's shot put distance of 13.69 meters put him in 15^th, while his throw of 16.96 meters was 16^th in the weight throw.

Next up for the Flames is the Camel City Invitational. The event is scheduled to be held February 3-4 at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Lee will complete the weekend with a trip back to the Birmingham CrossPlex for the University of South Alabama Jaguar Invitational on February 5.