May 4, 2008

Lenoir-Rhyne's Lamont Savages Places First In The Long Jump At The Duke Twilight In Track And Field

Select members of the Bears' track team have impressive performances at the Blue Devils' meet

Durham, N.C. - Several athletes on the Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Track and Field Team had some outstanding performances Sunday afternoon and evening at the Duke University Twilight Meet in Durham, N.C.

Sophomore Lamont Savage (Salisbury, N.C./West Rowan HS), who has already qualified as a provisional in the 2008 NCAA Division II National Championship in the long jump, finished first with a jump of 22 feet and 6.25 inches.

Freshman Anton Graphenreed (Columbus, Ga./Shaw HS) placed fifth in the 400-meter run with a time of 47.82 seconds while L-R's 1,600-meter relay squad finished third (3:22.88).

Graphenreed's time, which established a new school record, also helped him qualify as a provisional for the national championship meet.

Graphenreed's 10.99-second time in the 100-meter dash was good for ninth place as well and freshman Bobby Komisarski (Beaver Creek, Ohio/Xenia Christian HS) ran the 400-meter hurdles in 56.92 seconds to place sixth.

Meanwhile, freshman Marcus Shuford (Newton, N.C./Newton-Conover HS) finished third in the high jump (six feet and 2.75 inches).

In the distance events, senior Josh Stuckey (Stony Point, N.C./West Iredell HS) placed 20th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:40.20.

Freshman Matt Corbin's (Franklin, N.C./Appalachian State Univ.) 2:00.54 time in the 800-meter run set a new Bear record also.

Lenoir-Rhyne ends the 2008 regular season at the Clemson Orange and Purple Meet next Saturday in Clemson, S.C.

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