RESULTS | ALL-GSC TEAMS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Lee University men's track & field team won its third Gulf South Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship in the last five years Thursday and Friday at the Birmingham CrossPlex. The Flames posted 232.5 points to record the most points ever in the championship's history.

Lee held a 17.5 point lead following the first day and with the help of four individual championships scored 169 points on the final day to win the team championship by 70.5 points. Alabama Huntsville was second with 162 points and Mississippi College was third at 103 points.

The Flames recorded their first event championship Friday morning with the completion of the heptathlon. Cameron Stine was first in the 60-meter hurdles and pole vault, while finishing second in the 1000-meter run to run his point total to 4,940 and the heptathlon championship. Caleb Long finished second in the 60 hurdles and pole vault with a fifth-place finish in the 1000. He placed second overall with 4,367 points.

Matthew Black added another individual championship in the weight throw with a mark of 18.23 meters. Camden Williams was second with a throw of 16.90 meters. Braxton Philpott added three more points to the team total with a sixth place throw of 15.62 meters. Brody Morgan recorded a measurement of 13.07 meters for 17^th and Ian Trill's 12.33-meter throw put him in 20^th.

Cale Kassen won the first of his two championships with a GSC Indoor Record high jump of 2.13 meters. Stine placed fourth after clearing 1.85 meters.

Kassen's second championship came in the 60-meter hurdles where he won by 0.18 seconds with a time of 7.86 seconds. Stine was fourth (8.66).

Jacob Hatcher, Stephen Clark, Caleb Guthery and Ryan Lovelace all finished in the top seven of the mile run. Hatcher stopped the clock at 4:13.66 for second, Clark (4:15.31) was fourth, Guthery (4:16.52) placed fifth and Lovelace (4:18.13) finished seventh. Kenneth Bishop crossed the line in 10^th (4:19.98).

Justin Steele posted a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.40 seconds. Aiden Shaw was fifth (49.02), Niquaine Henry finished sixth (49.12) and Nokia Masengu was seventh (49.32). Ian Newman just missed scoring after finishing ninth (49.48).

Jackson completed the 200-meter dash in 21.52 seconds for second place. Shaw (21.83) and Masengu (22.16) were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Titus Lagat was edged by UAH's Weston Ellison for first in the 800-meter run. Ellison won the race at 1:52.90, while Lagat placed second with a time of 1:52.92. Hatcher finished fifth (1:54.69) and Guthery was ninth (1:56.59). Clark placed 14^th (1:58.24) with Lovelace (2:01.33) in 18^th.

The Flames placed four runners in the top seven of the 3000-meter run. Aaron Himes placed second (8:16.54) and Matthew Fowler was fourth (8:21.95). Ezekiel Harless (8:27.80) and Jon Fielding Stogner (8:29.00) went back-to-back at sixth and seventh. Owen Pearce finished 16^th at 8:44.86.

Myles Mann and Timothy Doolittle were Lee's representatives in the triple jump. Mann finished 14^th after covering 11.95 meters, while Doolittle fouled out.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Masengu, Jackson, Henry and Steele were the final Lee competitors of the championship. The foursome finished second with a combined time of 3:14.43.

For his contributions during the championships, Kassen was named the Most Outstanding Overall Performer and Most Outstanding Track Performer. Athletes that finished first earned All-GSC First Team honors, while those in second place were named All-GSC Second Team.