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WINSTON-SALEM – Lenoir-Rhyne University posted third-place finishes on Monday, men and women, in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships.
In competition at the JDL Fast Track, the Bears’ women had 98 ½ points, finishing behind Queens (189) and Wingate (134).
LRU’s men had 102.833 points to place behind Queens (148) and Wingate (119.83).
Women
FAIR
LRU junior Paiton Fair of Newton won the women’s 400-meter dash with a time of 58.89 seconds and was part of the Bears’ league-winning 1,600-meter relay (freshmen Saidah Hardwick and Savannah Watkins and senior Keyua McElveen).
Sophomore Autumn Drayton was second in the shot put (41-0), which established a new school record.
Men
Sophomore P.J. Lotharp won the men’s 200-meter dash (21.80) while the men’s distance medley relay – sophomores Marquez Gray, Daniel Kachenchai and Jacob Black and freshman Petar Ivackovic – won in 10:34.28 (a new school record).
LRU was also helped by three of second-place finishes: senior Myles Braswell-Sample in the shot put (51-1), junior Cole Henderson in the weight throw (a school-record 53-4) and the 1,600-meter relay (a program-best 3.23.33).
Next
The Bears return to the JDL Fast Track for a last-chance meet on Sunday.
SAC INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(at Winston-Salem)
WOMEN
1. Queens 189
2. Wingate 134
3. LENOIR-RHYNE 98.5
4. Coker 46.5
5. Anderson 46
6. Carson-Newman 40
7. Lincoln Memorial 21
8. Mars Hill 18
9. Tusculum 15
10. Catawba 10
11. Newberry 6
MEN
1. Queens 148
2. Wingate 119.833
3. LENOIR-RHYNE 102.833
4. Carson-Newman 77
5. Coker 58
6. Tusculum 32.3333
7. Anderson 25
8. Mars Hill 21
9. Lincoln Memorial 16
10. Catawba 14
11. Newberry 9
- Reported by LRU Sports Information