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April 19, 2008
Records Fall For
Lenoir-Rhyne Track And Field At The Bobcat Invitational/Tri-Conference Meet
Sophomore Lamont Savage
earns Provisional Qualifying Mark for the NCAA Division II National Championship
in the long jump
Banner Elk, N.C.
– The Lenoir-Rhyne College Track and Field Teams finished first (men) and third
(women) out of South Atlantic Conference schools in the Bobcat
Invitational/Tri-Conference Meet this past weekend in Banner Elk, N.C., on the
campus of Lees-McRae College. The men's team finished second overall (83
pts.) out of the 14 team field to King College (Tenn.) (93 pts.).
Sophomore Lamont Savage (Salisbury, N.C./West Rowan HS) won the long jump
(23' 10") and earned a Provisional Qualifying Mark for the NCAA Division II
National Championship. Savage finished 10th at the 2007 NCAA Division II
national meet.
Sophomore Jacob Lane
(Walnut Cove, N.C./South Stokes HS) also finished first with a 45’ 08" throw in
the shot put while sophomore Joey Robinson (Gaithersburg,
Md./Gaithersburg HS) and freshman Troy Crawford (Staunton,
Va./Robert E. Lee HS) finished second in the 110 hurdles
(15.36 seconds) and high jump (6' 4''), respectively.
Meanwhile, Lenoir-Rhyne's 400-meter relay team - Robinson, Savage, freshmen
Anton Graphenreed (Columbus, Ga./Shaw HS) and Jasper Thomas (High
Point, N.C./T. Wingate Andrews HS) - placed third with a school-record 42.22
seconds.
Another L-R record was redshirt freshman Matt Corbin's (Franklin,
N.C./Appalachian State Univ.) 2:00 in the 800-meter, good for fifth place
overall.
On the women's side, sophomore Kristen Fulmer (Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood
Ranch HS) finished first in the high jump at 5' 2".
Junior Genna Eisenmann (Clayton, N.C./Clayton HS) placed fifth in the
javelin (83' 9.5") while sophomore Alyssa Lowe (Maiden, N.C./North
Lincoln HS) finished sixth (82’ 7”).
Lowe and junior Bekah
Peeler (Mocksville, N.C./Davie County HS) finished fourth and fifth in the
3,000-meter steeplechase (13:11 &
13:34), respectively.
In the 1,600-meter relay -
Eisenmann, sophomore Elycia Zempel (Redding, Calif./Enterprise HS) and
freshmen Sharron Davis (Winston-Salem, N.C./North Davidson HS) and
Miranda Annas (Granite Falls, N.C./South Caldwell HS) - L-R finished sixth overall
with a time of 4:29.
Lenoir-Rhyne next competes in the Duke
Twilight on Sunday, May 4, in Durham, N.C.
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