Dille Records School Record in 800 Meters as Men's and Women's Track & Field Teams Post Strong Finishes Over Two-Day Event at Lenoir-Rhyne

RESULTS

HICKORY, N.C. – Campbell Dille broke a seven-year school record in the Women's 800 Meter Run this afternoon as the Lees-McRae men's and women's track & field completed a two-day meet at the Southside Power and Fitness Invitational hosted by Lenoir-Rhyne.

THE BASICS       
MEET: Southside Power and Fitness Invitational
LOCATION: Irwin Track at Moretz Sports Athletic Complex – Hickory, North Carolina

MEN'S NOTABLES:

• Jayden Green captured the first win of the weekend for Lees-McRae in the High Jump with a mark of 1.95 meters on Friday.
• Josh Gillis joined Green with a top podium spot in the 800 Meters with a personal best 1:53.74 in his first year as a Bobcat.
• Rien Freeman claimed the third victory for the Bobcat men in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase in a time of 9:45.80 and Cameron Adair followed in second place after finishing in 10:00.06
• Michael Keen took eighth in Shot Put on Friday night with a throw of 12.66 meters to lead the Bobcats and Khan Cline followed with a distance of 11.71m.
• Isaac Reyna led a strong contingent of Bobcats in the 5,000 Meters as he placed second with a time of 15:35.19 with Max Geckler, Colin Henry and Land Cromer followed in third, fourth, and fifth respectively for Lees-McRae.

 WOMEN'S NOTABLES:

• Dille, a freshman from Cary, North Carolina, clocked in a time of 2:24.92, to take the school record in the 800 meters which was held by Alexandria Flint since April of 2016. Maddie Quinn followed one spot behind Dille with a time of 2:25.81.
• Deanna Betzer claimed the third win of the meet for the Bobcats in the 5,000 Meters with a time of 18:33.80.
• On Friday, Devon Davis had a mark of 30.74 meters in the Discus Throw to record a seventh-place finish and Thailand Smith rounded out the top ten for the Bobcats with a throw of 28.61m.
• Smith also secured a 10th place finish in the Shot Put with a throw of 9.64 meters on Friday.
• Jocelyn Walker cleared a height of 2.75m in the Pole Vault which placed her in a tie for eighth and now holds the third-best height among Conference Carolinas athletes in the Pole Vault in the outdoor season.

UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae men's and women's track & field now looks to the Conference Carolinas Outdooor Championships starting on Friday, April 28 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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