DAY 1 RESULTS

PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Lee University Track & Field teams have completed the first day of competition at the 2024 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships with one more to go at the Robert W. Plaster Center on the campus of Pittsburg State.

The Lady Flames' Distance Medley Relay team participated in the lone finals of the day. The foursome of Lily Hare, Carissa Hall, Letlhogonolo Magoro and McKenna Cavanaugh closed out the day with a fifth place finish with a time of 11:26.56. Adams State was first at 11:17.98 and Grand Valley State finished second (11:22.63). UC-Colorado Springs crossed in third place (11:25.13) and Western Colorado (11:26.56) edged the Lady Flames for fourth. GSC foe Mississippi College claimed eighth place with a time of 11:29.55.

With the four points earned, the Lady Flames will enter the second day of competition tied for 19^th with Academy of Art and Central Missouri. Cavanaugh will look to add to the team total in the 3000-meter Run at 8:25 Saturday evening.

Cale Kassen opened the day with the first four events of the Heptathlon and the preliminaries of the 60-meter Hurdles. Kassen was second in the 60-meter dash, second in the long jump, 10^th in the shot put and first in the high jump to compile 3,330 points. He trails Hunter Jones of Pittsburg State by 18 points entering the second day and leads third-place Elvis Kryukov of Angelo State by 150 points.

The final three events of the Heptathlon are set to begin at 1 p.m. EST Saturday afternoon. First up is the 60-meter Hurdles followed by the Pole Vault and 1000-meter Run.

Kassen was the winner of Heat 2 in the 60-meter Hurdles with a time of 7.74 seconds. He will be one of eight in the event final on Friday at 6:20 p.m. Daylin Williams of Pittsburg State won Heat 1 with a time of 7.72 seconds to nip Kassen for the top qualifying time.

Jacob Hatcher crossed the finish line of the 1 Mile Run at 4:12.55 to place seventh in his heat and 10^th overall. Nine runners advanced to the event final, and Hatcher's time was just 0.03 seconds behind the final qualifying spot.