Flames Invitational complete results

Cleveland, Tenn.----Wingate University distance specialists Dalton Miles and Soheil Boufrizi finished second and third, respectively, in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase at the Flames Invitational Saturday. Miles posted a time of 9:15.94, while Boufrizi was next at 9:17.09. Lee University hosted this year's Flames Invitational at the LU Multi-Sport Complex.
 
Miles and Boufrizi recorded the second and third-fastest times on the Wingate steeplechase career charts. On the team scoring charts, the Wingate women finished sixth out of 30 teams. Host Lee won the women's event. The Bulldog men placed ninth out of 34 teams. Alabama-Huntsville edged Lee by 0.5 points to take the men's crown.
 
Wingate men's highlights
 
- Brent Surratt and Titouan Le Grix also finished in the steeplechase top 15 Saturday
- Surratt was eighth (9:25.44), while Le Grix finished 13th (9:30.44)
- Surratt, Le Grix and Ward Janssen (10:01.67 Saturday) all reside in the Wingate steeplechase career top 10
- Elijah Compton and Chase Franklin finished sixth (15.58) and 10th (15.82), respectively, the 110-meter hurdles
- Both Compton and Franklin are members of Wingate's 110-meter hurdles career top 10
- Compton (11.60) edged Franklin (11.63) by 0.03 seconds in the 100-meter dash
- Charlie Wakefield led eight Bulldogs in the 800 meters with his time of 1:56.25
- Wakefield's time is an outdoor PR and lands him in the Bulldog 800 meters career top 10
- Jeremiah Bullock finished 12th in the long jump with his mark of 6.45 meters
 
Wingate women's highlights
 
- Meg Rapley finished sixth in the 3000-meter steeplechase with her time of 11:09.63
- Rapley's performance places her in the Wingate steeplechase career top 10
- Zoe Brickley led seven Bulldogs in the 800 meters with her time of 2:24.83
- Amber Scott was next in the 800 meters with her time of 2:25.80
- Tatjana Mense (2:26.02) and Brooklyn Pierce (2:26.46) followed Brickley and Scott
- Brickley, Scott, Mense and Pierce each reside in the Bulldog 800 meters career top 10
- Abby Heath finished 13th in the 400 meters with her time of 59.86
- Heath ran the first leg on Wingate's 4x400 meter relay quartet, helping the 'Dogs finish seventh (4:12.64)
- Lexie May (30.87 meters) and Victoria McEachern (28.04 meters) finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the javelin
- May and McEachern both reside in the Wingate javelin career top 10
- McEachern finished sixth in the shot put with her mark of 11.02 meters
- Valerie Daehler was ninth in the long jump with her mark of 5.11 meters
- McEachern and Daehler solidified their positions in the WU shot put and long jump career top 10s with their efforts
 
Next on the Horizon
 
Wingate will compete in the Electric City Invitational Friday and Saturday. Anderson University is hosting the event as a tune-up for the South Atlantic Conference outdoor track and field championships, slated for May.
 
Wingate University
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a laboratory of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina. Wingate offers 37 undergraduate majors as well as eight master's and five doctoral degrees. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences; the Levine College of Health Sciences; the Byrum School of Business; and the College of Professional Studies, which includes the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
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