RESULTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lee University men's track & field team had four members reach NCAA DII Provisional qualifying marks as the team competed in its third of four scheduled regular season meets this past weekend at the Vanderbilt Invite. The two-day event was held at the Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility on Friday and Saturday.
Cale Kassen and Cameron Stine met the 4,710 point qualifying standard in the heptathlon. Kassen won five of the seven events to finish first with 5,357 points. His point total also set the Lee record for the event. Stine accumulated 4,824 points to finish third. Caleb Long placed sixth in the heptathlon with 4,361 points.
Jacob Hatcher completed the mile in 4:04.61 to finish fourth. His time was over five seconds under the qualifying time of 4:09.80. Aaron Himes, Ezekiel Harless, Ryan Lovelace and Matthew Fowler joined him in the mile. Himes finished 20
th (4:13.12), Harless was 27
th (4:15.52), Lovelace was 40
th (4:21.61) and Fowler crossed in 42
nd (4:22.20).
Eli Brooks once again went over the qualifying height of 4.76 meters in the pole vault. He placed third with a height of 4.93 meters but finished 0.02 meters shy of his season-best mark of 4.95 meters from last weekend's UAB Vulcan Invitational.
Doniven Jackson and Luke Blanchard competed in the 60-meter dash. Jackson placed 12
th with a time of 6.91 seconds and Blanchard was 33
rd at 7.13 seconds. Jackson (21.95) added a seventh-place finish in the 200-meter dash. Eli Cobble (22.94) placed 40
th and Blanchard (23.29) was 46
th.
Niquaine Henry crossed the finish line of the 400-meter dash at 49.24 seconds for 17
th place and Aiden Shaw was 27
th with a time of 49.79. The 4x400-meter relay team of Henry, Cobble, Jackson and Titus Lagat combined for a ninth-place time of 3:18.05.
Lagat was Lee's top finisher in the 800-meter dash. Lagat's time of 1:54.44 put him 19
th overall. Lovelace (1:55.05) was 22
nd and Hatcher (1:55.25) finished 24
th. In the 3000-meter run, Kenneth Bishop (8:50.00) and Tal Old (8:51.11) placed 47
th and 48
th, respectively.
Jon Fielding Stogner stopped the clock at 14:39.27 to claim third in the 5000-meter run. Stephen Clark (14:50.87) placed 11
th and Caleb Guthery (14:57.89) was 14
th.
Matthew Black posted an eighth-place finish in the weight throw invite with a toss of 17.73 meters. Braxton Philpott posted a mark of 13.78 meters to finish 13
th in the weight throw. Ian Trill finished 15
th in the shot put with a measurement of 11.37 meters.
The Flames are scheduled to travel to Columbia, S.C. for the South Carolina Invite the weekend of February 2-3 for one more meet before competing in the GSC Indoor Track & Field Championships.
