LRESULTS

CLEVELAND, Tenn. – The Lee University Women's Track & Field team had a handful of members compete in the Lee Last Chance meet on Saturday on the penultimate day to reach the NCAA Division II Provisional qualifying mark or improve their previous marks.  

Four Lady Flames (Letlhogonolo Magoro, McKenna Cavanaugh, Aria Hawkins and Ashlyn Iliff) each met the standard in their events but were not able to improve their respective marks. Magoro finished the 800-meter Run in 2:10.64 to place fifth. Her best time of the season (2:09.71) came last weekend at the GSC Championships.

Cavanaugh (16:44.39) was second and Hawkins (16:53.93) finished fourth in the 5000-meter Run. Cavanaugh's top time of 16:34.85 was recorded at the Virginia Challenge and Hawkins posted her best time (16:47.28) at the Lee Invitational.

Iliff completed the 3000-meter Steeplechase with a second-place time of 10:51.07. Her best time this season was set at 10:42.92 at the GSC Championships.

Lily Hare joined Magoro in the 800 with a seventh-place time of 2:12.51. Megan Adams, Paige Patterson and Phoebe Moran were the final three Lee runners in the 5000. Adams placed fifth (17:05.26), Patterson finished 13^th (18:05.56) and Moran (18:29.92) was 17^th.

Hannah Wright stopped the clock at 14.25 seconds to place seventh in the 100-meter Hurdles. Lily Brown was 10^th with a time of 14.90 seconds.

Hare added an 11^th-place finish in the 1500-meter Run. She completed the race in 4:35.93. Katie Beam crossed the finish line at 4:40.86 for 15^th place.

Brynn Depinet and Nicole Counter were the Lee representatives in the Pole Vault. Depinet cleared 3.75 meters for sixth and Counter was eighth with a vault of 3.60 meters.

Liezl Theron finished fourth with a High Jump of 1.63 meters and Sydney White placed 15^th with mark of 27.55 meters in the Javelin Throw.

The field for the 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be announced on Tuesday evening. The Championships will be held May 23-25 at Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kansas, and will be hosted by Emporia State University.