Results | Day 1 Recap
HICKORY, N.C. – Christian Bargaineer won the 110-meter hurdles and teamed up with
Jayden Green,
Brian Sims Jr., and
Jean Origene to win the 4x100-meter relay to lead the Lees-McRae men's outdoor track & field team on the final day of the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears Invitational.
THE BASICS
RESULTS: 4th of 9 teams (through Saturday's events)
MEET: Lenoir-Rhyne Bears Invitational
LOCATION: Lenoir-Rhyne University Track – Hickory, North Carolina
FRIDAY'S NOTABLES:
- Rien Freeman won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:09.45, which ranks third in the Conference Carolinas this season and is 11th in the Southeast Region, while Cameron Adair crossed fourth in the event with a time of 10:21.48, which ranks fifth in the Conference Carolinas this season.
- Max Geckler finished second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:38.71, while Bargaineer was fourth in the long jump competition with a distance of 6.41 meters.
- Corimonte Eatmon was also fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.20).
SATURDAY'S NOTABLES:
- Bargaineer won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.23 seconds, which leads the Conference Carolinas this season and ranks eighth in the Southeast Region.
- The 4x100-meter relay team of Bargaineer, Green, Sims Jr., and Origene won the event with a time of 41.48, which ranks second in the Conference Carolinas this season.
- Green was second in both the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.31 and in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.32, while Origene and Jeff Nickerson crossed sixth (11.47) and seventh (11.53) in the 100-meter dash respectively. Nickerson was also fourth in the 200-meter dash (22.72).
- Ybarra crossed third in the 800-meter run (2:00.17) and joined Eatmon, Nickerson, and Green to finish third in the 4x400-meter relay (3:33.85).
- Green was also third in the high jump with a distance of 1.95 meters, which is tied for the third-furthest mark in the Conference Carolinas this season.
- Silas Arendash was fifth in the 1,500-meter run (4:13.29), while Geckler and Freeman were eighth (4:19.00) and ninth (4:20.36) respectively.
- Bargaineer was also sixth in the triple jump (13.50 meters), while David James Exum finished sixth in the hammer throw (34.12 meters) and seventh in the shot put (12.13 meters).
UP NEXT:
The Bobcats will travel to Greensboro, North Carolina next Saturday, April 23 to compete in the North Carolina A&T Aggie Classic.
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