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CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Makanakaishe Charamba completed the perfect weekend at the Flames Invitational, winning every single race he entered in Cleveland this weekend.
After winning the 200-meter run on Friday, Charamba ran with the men's 4x100 meter relay team of PJ Lotharp, Tshenelo Lemao, and Siphosethu Boya as the Eagles won their second straight race of the outdoor season. The quartet beat host Lee by 0.14 seconds in just their second race together as a team. The Eagles hold the second-fastest time in the SAC in the event and the 18th fastest time in Division-II.
Charamba closed his day with a win in the 100-meter run with an NCAA provisional time of 10.48 seconds. The Zimbabwe native beat out Silusapho Dingiswayo of Lee by 0.24 seconds to win the event championship. The mark is a new personal best and is the 18th fastest time in the race in all of Division-II.
What. A. Weekend.
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Maka Charamba won every single race he competed in this weekend at the Flames Invitational, closing it out with an NCAA provisional time and event win in the 100 meter run @CN_Track pic.twitter.com/cJlOagS47J
The Eagles closed out the Flames Invitational with 16 top-10 finishes and eight personal bests on the final day of the Lee Invitational.
The women's 4x400 meter relay team of Tytiana Wilson, Abbie Zander, Lauren Tabor and Morgan Bailey finished fifth with a time of 4:01.67. That time is the second-fastest in school history, just 0.38 seconds shy of the school record set in 2015.
Trayzel Jureidini-Wyche finished sixth in the javelin with a personal best toss of 52.49 meters. That mark is the second-best in program history, just 0.72 meters behind Christian Stumpf's record breaking throw of 53.21 meters set in 2019.
Nathalie Schumacher also finished sixth in the javelin with a toss of 31.71 meters. She has now recorded three straight top-10 finishes in the event.
Harrison Sheeler set a new personal best in the shot put, finishing sixth with a toss of 14.50 meters. Sheeler has now finished in the top-10 in the event at four straight meets. His teammate Luke Smith finished seventh with a toss of 13.65 meters in his first meet back from injury. Ian Salyer finished ninth with a toss of 12.70 meters.
Sydney McCarty recorded her seventh top-10 finish in her career in the long jump with a jump of 5.47 meters, finishing fourth. Susan Nelson recorded her longest jump of the season in the event, finishing sixth with a mark of 5.27 meters. Brooke Visser rounds out the top-10 with a new personal best in the event, finishing tenth with a distance of 4.99 meters, beating her old mark by 0.18 meters.
In the men's long jump, Camden Fritz set a new personal best in the event by 0.13 meters, recording his third straight top-10 finish in the event. Fritz finished fourth with a mark of 6.86 meters. Teammate Christian Shouse finished right behind him at fifth with a mark of 6.85 meters, his 12th career top-10 finish in the event.
Tytiana Wilson finished fourth in the 400-meter run with a time of 58.01 seconds, her seventh top-10 finish in the event in her career.
Matthew Blackmon recorded his third straight top-five finish in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing fifth with a time of 15.39 seconds.
After a miscue resulted in PJ Lotharp having to run the 100-meter run twice, the Lenoir-Rhyne transfer stepped up for the Eagles, recorded an eighth-place finish with a time of 10.83 seconds.
Trent Lovelace set a new personal best in the javelin with a toss of 36.76 meters.
Raymond Brugmans set a new personal best in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:56.45. His teammate Christian Henry also set a new personal best in the event with a time of 2:00.68.
Emmanuel Olaluyi beat his personal best in the 100-meter run by 22 seconds, recording a time of 12.59 seconds.
"This whole weekend is a cause for celebration," says Director of Track & Field and Cross-Country David Needs. "This is one of the best meets in Division-II and for us to compete against the best schools at this level shows us where they have gotten to and how they can grow. This shows us how we can compete at a national level. This group is tough, and they competed all weekend long and showed up. We haven't caught a break all year on weather and despite the bad conditions, we worked hard and competed well."
In the team standings, the Carson-Newman men finished third with 70 points, while the women's team finished tied with no. 9 Queens for 14th with 25 total points. Alabama-Huntsville won the men's championship with 111 points while Lee won the women's championship with 108 points.
The Eagles will travel to Anderson University for the first time in program history next Saturday for the Anderson Invitational. Fans can keep up with all of the Carson-Newman track & field team at cneagles.com.
