DAY 1&2 RESULTS | DAY 3 START LISTS

EMPORIA, Kan. – On the second of three days at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships, Lee University placed two athletes on the podium and advanced to the final of two more events.

Cale Kassen completed the second half of the Decathlon and moved up one spot from Thursday's standing to claim second place with a total of 7,579 points. Hunter Jones of Pittsburg State was the event winner with 7,898 points.

McKenna Cavanaugh finished the 3000-meter Steeplechase in 10:26.34 to finish sixth after posting the 10^th-fastest qualifying time on Thursday.

Kassen won the third heat of the 110-meter Hurdles with a time of 14.02 seconds to secure a spot in Saturday's final. His time was the seventh-best posted in the preliminaries.

The 4x400-meter Relay team of Nokia Masengu, Aiden Shaw, Roberto Fajardo and Justin Steele came from behind to grab second in their heat to grab one of the automatic qualifier spots in the final. The combined time of 3:08.77 was sixth overall.

Heading into the final day of competition, the Flames have scored eight points and are tied for 10^th with Missouri S&T with eight points. The Lady Flames carry three points into the final day and  are tied for 27^th with Edinboro and West Georgia.

Lee will take part in five event finals on Saturday. Fajardo begins the day in the 1500-meter Run at 3:25 p.m. with Aria Hawkins in the women's 1500 right after. Kassen races in the 110-meter Hurdles final at 3:45 and at 4:05 Steele enters the 400-meter final. The 4x400 is the last event for Lee with the final set for 6:50.