RESULTS | Flames Invitational index
 
Cleveland, Tenn.----Both Wingate University track and field teams finished third in the Flames Invitational presented by Jones Properties Saturday. Twenty-eight women's teams and 27 men's teams scored points in this year's event, hosted by Lee University inside the Ray Conn Sports Complex.
 
Lee swept both team titles to defend its home turf. On the men's side, the Flames had 102.5 points. Alabama-Huntsville (80) and Wingate (76.5) claimed second and third, respectively. The Lee women outdistanced second-place Belmont (Tenn.) 142-126 to claim the team trophy. Wingate was third with 62 points.
 
Wingate women's highlights
 
- McKenzie Connor set a new school record in the 100 meter hurdles (14.72)
- Connor's Saturday time is the second-fastest mark in the SAC this season
- Both Connor (fourth) and Hoyane Esper (15th) finished in the 100 meter hurdles top 15
- Esper's time of 15.99 moves her into the WU career 100 meter hurdles top 10 at No. 8
- Meg Rapley finished third in the 3000 meter steeplechase (11:08.43)
- Rapley's Saturday effort is the fastest time in the SAC this season
- Doriane Langlois posted a time of 11:37.31 in the 3000 meter steeplechase
- Langlois' mark is the third-fastest in the SAC this year and moves her into the WU top five
- Rapley (2:18.71) and Zoe Brickley (2:19.95) competed in the 800 meters
- Rapley is the WU school-record holder in both the 800 meters and the 3000 meter steeplechase
- Brickley's Saturday 800 meters time moves her to No. 6 on WU's career top 10 list
- Lexie May finished third in the javelin throw (35.05 meters)
- Kierra McNeill finished fourth in the 100 meter dash (12.39)
- Carly Platt took sixth place in the shot put (11.96 meters)
- Valerie Daehler finished seventh in the long jump (5.09 meters)
 
Wingate men's highlights
 
- Brent Surratt finished sixth in the 3000 meter steeplechase (9:11.05)
- Surratt's mark is an NCAA provisional time and the second-best run in the SAC this year
- Surratt moves to No. 4 on Wingate's career 3000 meter steeplechase top 10
- Will Aitken finished seventh in the 3000 meter steeplechase (9:16.92)
- Aitken leaps to No. 7 on the school's career 3000 meter steeplechase top 10
- Tucker Mullis earned a bronze medal in the shot put (15.00 meters)
- Stephen Clunis was fifth in the 100 meter dash (11.18)
- Darius 'Dash' Weathers finished seventh in the long jump (6.38 meters)
- Christian Sturrup was ninth in the long jump (6.29 meters)
- Elijah Compton finished sixth in the 110 meter hurdles (15.36)
- Leo Freeland finished eighth in the 800 meters (1:54.69)
- Freeland (No. 3) and Shane Moran (No. 6, 1:56.42) moved into the WU top 10 Saturday
- Anthony Lepkowski finished eighth in the 400 meters (50.67)
- Deon Sumpter finished 10th in the same race (50.75)
- Sumpter moves into the WU career 400 meters top 10 at No. 10
- Lepkowski is No. 8 on the same list (50.31, '22 SAC championship meet)
 
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 38 undergraduate majors as well as seven master's and four 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; the Thayer School of Education; and the School of Sport Sciences. 
 
Wingate is a leader in healthcare education, and nearly one in five Wingate undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 25 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 14 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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