April 22, 2007

Lenoir-Rhyne's Lamont Savage Qualifies For The NCAA Division II National Championship In Men's Track And Field 

Freshman Tiaera Reynolds is the meet's most valuable runner 

Banner Elk, N.C. - Lenoir-Rhyne freshman Lamont Savage (Salisbury, N.C./West Rowan HS) qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championship in the long jump and freshman Tiaera Reynolds (Greensboro, N.C./James B. Dudley HS) was named the most valuable runner at the Tri-Conference Championship/Bobcat Open held this past weekend on the campus of Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C. 

As a team, the men's squad was the top South Atlantic Conference team with 159 points while the women's team was third in the SAC (138 points). 

Savage finished first in the long jump (24 feet) while Reynolds won the long jump (17'4 feet), triple jump (34'7 feet) and 400 meters (58.32 seconds). 

Freshmen Jacob Lane (Walnut Cove, N.C./South Stokes HS) and Hamilton Borden (Louisville, Tenn./William Blount HS) finished first and second in the shot put at 49'8 and 48'4 feet, respectively, while freshman Kristen Fulmer (Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch HS) won in the high jump (5'2 feet). 

The NCAA Division II National Championships will be held at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., on May 24 and 26.

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