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Goldey-Beacom closed preparation for the conference championships at the WCU Last Chance Invitational, seeing the men's and women's side place third in West Chester, PA.
 
The men's events opened with a second-place finish from junior Shamar Myers (Elkridge, MD) in the 100-meters, running a time of 10.96. Sophomore Jayvon Laguerre (Milford, DE) ran a time of 11.59 to place tenth.
 
Sophomore Kedar Reid (Bear, DE) ran a strong 200-meter race in a time of 22.92 to place third, with freshman Brian Hamilton and senior Khalil Proctor (Newark, DE) placing 13^th and 19^th respectively with times of 23.85 and 24.18.
 
In the 400-meters, Reid saw another third-place finish, running a time of 50.75, ahead of senior Kyle Scherer (Wilmington, DE) and junior York Miles (Johannesburg, South Africa), who ran times of 53.17 and 55.28. Freshman John Ferry (Rising Sun, MD) and senior Zach Landvik-Larsen (Stroudsburg, PA) closed within three seconds of each other in the 1500-meters to place ninth and tenth, Ferry with a time of 4:20.91 and Landvik-Larsen finishing in 4:23.06.
 
Freshman Jason Stumpfs saw two top-five finishes in the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdles, with a time of 19.40 in the 110-hurdles to place fifth and notching fourth place in the 400-hurdles with a time of 1:05.45.
 
Senior Chris Crossen (Magnolia, DE) closed out the track events with a first-place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:54.75.
 
Opening the field events, Laguerre claimed first place in the high jump having jumped 1.93m. He also placed fifth in the long jump with a distance of 5.84m, ahead of senior Ty Moss (Newark, NJ), who jumped 4.76m to place 16^th.
 
Sophomore Sebastien Lacroix (Hamilton, NJ) was the lone Lightning competitor in the throwing events, placing second in the discus with 40.29m and fifth in both the shot put and hammer throw with distances of 12.42m and 33.27m to conclude the men's events.
 
The women's side also saw some strong performances all around. In the fielding events, junior Karla Chardon (Penns Grove, NJ) placed first in the javelin with 37.40m, and fellow junior Savannah Boyce (Somerdale, NJ) took first place in the high jump with 1.55m.
 
In the shot put, sophomore Madison McGowan (Bristow, VA) placed third in the shot put, seventh in the discus and 11^th in the hammer throw with distances of 10.86m, 28.94m, and 24.82m. Senior Aaliyah Powell (Pittsgrove, NJ) placed 15^th in the shot put with 7.59m, and 17^th in the discus, throwing 20.48m.
 
The discus throw also saw senior Damia White (Bridgeton, NJ) place 12^th with 24.54m and sophomore Megan Chesser (Grove City, OH) throw 17.60m to place 21^st. Sophomore Megan Francis (Phoenix, AZ) closed out the fielder finishers with a 14^th place finish in the hammer throw with 17.90m.
 
On the track, Boyce opened results with a fifth-place finish in the 100-meters with a time of 14.07. Freshmen Tania Alfaro and Wana Jones (Linwood, PA) both placed in the top-ten of the 200-meters, with Alfaro notching third place with a time of 27.63, and Jones running 28.79 to finish eighth.
 
In the 800-meters, senior Kamillah Monroque claimed first place in the 800-meters with a time of 2:24.71, almost six seconds ahead of second place. Junior Ny'jashia Smith (Newark, DE) notched third place in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:12.06, and fellow junior Maddie Minnick (Wilmington, DE) ran a time of 5:27.14 in the 1500-meters to place ninth.
 
Alfaro, Monroque, Jones, and Smith concluded all events with the 4x400-meter relay, and ran a time of 4:20.84 to place second.
 
Goldey-Beacom travels to Lakewood, NJ on Saturday to compete at the CACC Championship, with events beginning at 1:00 pm. The Championships will conclude on Sunday, where events begin at 10:00 am.