RESULTS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lee University women's track & field team met six NCAA Division II Provisional marks this weekend at the Vanderbilt Invitational. The indoor meet was held Friday and Saturday at Vanderbilt's Multipurpose Facility.

Aria Hawkins and Liz Lannom each recorded new provisional marks. Hawkins met the standard in the mile and 800-meter run, while Lannom did the same in the pentathlon and 60-meter hurdles. Maddox Mayfield met the provisional in the 400-meter and Brynn Depinet exceeded the height needed in the pole vault.

In the mile, Hawkins finished fifth with a time of 4:47.35, which beat the provisional mark of 4:54.48. She was eighth in the 800 at 2:11.90 with 2:13.30 the time to beat. Hawkins' mile time is fifth among DII runners this season and the 800 time is eighth best.

Lannom scored 3,611 points to place third in the pentathlon. Her point total was 301 more than needed to meet the provisional mark. During the pentathlon competition her time of 8.65 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles was better than the standard of 8.79 seconds. Her performance in the pentathlon put her at No. 8 for the season and Lannom is 19^th in the 60 hurdles.

Mayfield placed 10^th in the 400 after stopping the clock at 56.00 seconds. Her time beat the provisional time of 56.50 and is No. 15 in DII.

Depinet cleared 3.85 meters to finish fourth in the pole vault invite and go over the provisional height of 3.72 meters. Her mark in the pole vault is the 10^th-best of the season to date.

Mayfield was one of three Lady Flames to run the 60-meter hurdles. In the preliminaries, Mayfield was 29^th at 7.89 seconds. Jydia Faucette finished 47^th (8.18) and Addison Bleisath (8.26) was 49^th.

Mayfield, Faucette and Bleisath also competed in the 200-meter dash. Mayfield's time of 25.15 seconds was good for 16^th, while Faucette (26.64) was 38^th and Bleisath finished 44^th (27.21).

Joining Mayfield in the 400 were Bleisath and Lily Brown. Bleisath stopped the clock at 1:01.05 for 41^st and Brown was 46^th (1:01.94). Brown also finished 26^th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.38 seconds.

While Hawkins was eighth in the 800, Kaylen Owen finished 15^th (2:14.76) and Katie Beam was 17^th (2:15.31). Abi Moore completed the race at 2:20.80 for 27^th place.

Moore, Beam and Lucy Guthrie ran the mile with Hawkins. Moore was 28^th with a time of 5:02.66. Beam finished 33^rd (5:04.63) and Guthrie placed 41^st (5:10.37).

Ava Sparks, Capucine Cureau and Kaylee Estridge took on the 3000-meter run. Sparks (10:08.72) and Cureau (10:12.77) finished 36^th and 38^th, respectively. Estridge's time of 10:55.08 put her in 54^th.

Lee put two runners in the top 10 of the 5000-meter run. Sadie Wielfaert was fifth (18:14.37) with Sawyer Simmons in ninth (18:50.65).

Two Lady Flames were part of the pole vault competition. Addison Kohlmeier recorded a clearance of 3.70 meters to place sixth and Ayla Misavage cleared 3.40 meters for 11^th.

Faucette placed 14^th in the long jump with a mark of 5.29 meters. Aubrey Anderson covered 11.29 meters for 17^th place in the triple jump.

Samara Brinks and Gracie Waite competed in the weight throw. Brinks finished fifth with a throw of 16.85 meters and Waite was ninth with a mark of 14.98 meters. Waite also finished seventh with a mark of 12.69 meters in the shot put.

Joining Lannom in the pentathlon were Kaylen Owen, Amelia Wedemeyer and Brooke Jones. Owen tallied 2,836 points for 14^th place. Wedemeyer was 18^th and Jones 19^th with 2,615 and 2,611 points, respectively.

The Lady Flames return to action in a couple of weeks. Lee will send a few athletes to Boston for the John Thomas Terrier Classic on January 30, while the remaining team members will travel to the Birmingham CrossPlex for the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational on February 1.