Results | Day 1 Recap
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. –
Christian Bargaineer won the Conference Carolinas title in the 110-meter hurdles and broke his own school record in the event, while both
Jean Origene and
Brennen Pierce garnered All-Conference Carolinas Third Team honors in the 100-meter dash, and 1,500-meter run respectively, to lead the Lees-McRae men's outdoor track & field team to an eighth-place finish overall at the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
THE BASICS
RESULTS: 8th of 11 teams (36 points)
MEET: Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Championships
LOCATION: University of Mount Olive – Mount Olive, North Carolina
MEN'S NOTABLES:
- Bargaineer won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.79 seconds to garner All-Conference Carolinas First Team honors, which broke his previous Lees-McRae record of 14.87 from last season and ranks third in the Southeast Region so far this season.
- Origene sprinted to a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.83 seconds to garner All-Conference Carolinas Third Team honors.
- Pierce finished third in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:00.50 to garner All-Conference Carolinas Third Team honors.
- Origene and Bargaineer also finished fourth in the 200-meter dash (21.60) and the triple jump (13.58 meters) respectively.
- Jayden Green, Jeff Nickerson, Garrett Ybarra, and Corimonte Eatmon teamed up to finish fifth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:23.83.
ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS:
NOTEWORTHY:
- With the higher finish on the men's side, Lees-McRae earns another point in the season-long "Battle for the Blue Ridge Cup" competition between the two schools.
UP NEXT:
The Bobcats will wait and see if their student-athletes are chosen to compete at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 26 in Allendale, Michigan.
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