Queens Records Six DII Provisional Marks Across Two Meets - Queens University of Charlotte Athletics

Friday, January 31

Columbia, S.C.

All Day

Queens University of Charlotte

University of South Carolina Challenge

Results

2/1/2020 9:32:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Carolina Challenge
Buccaneer Invitational

COLUMBIA, S.C./JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Queens University of Charlotte men's and women's track and field teams continued to find success this weekend competing at both the Carolina Challenge hosted by USC and the Buccaneer Invitational hosted by East Tennessee State.

Queens saw action on the track and in jumping events at the Carolina Challenge where five NCAA DII provisional marks were recorded.

On the women's side, Jennifer Koehne competed in the long jump to record a DII provisional mark of 6.10-meters and finish third overall. Elise Ulseth followed in eighth place while Shacoya Price took 10^th place.

The remaining DII provisional marks were recorded on the track by members of the men's team. In the 800-meter run, Adam Wright clocked in at 1:50.96 for second place while Felix Wammetsberger took fourth place in 1:51.34.

Additionally, Anthony Raftis and Yannich Duppich both recorded DII provisional times in the 3,000-meter run. Raftis took second place in 8:15.70 and Duppich was third in 8:16.16.

The Royals also found success in the women's mile where Stevie Lawrence-Wrist finished seventh in 5:04.33 with teammates Gillian Kasitz and Madison Webster behind her in 10^th and 16^th, respectively. Kasitz also finished eighth in the 800-meter run in 2:17.50.

In addition, the men's 4x400 team made up of Niklas Klei, Alejandro Ramos, Mark Schittenhelm, and Kevin Harrison set a new program record with a time of 3:19.94.

Queens' throwers were in action at the Buccaneer Invitational where Martin Knauer recorded a Division II provisional throw of 17.16-meters for first-place in the shot put. Knauer has yet to lose in shot put this season.

In the men's weight throw, Evans Wright led taking third place with a mark of 16.46-meters which was also a new program record. Knauer followed in 11^th place.

For the women, To'Mara Carmichael finished fourth in the shot put with a mark of 12.44-meters and fifth in the weight throw with a mark of 16-meters.

Queens will wrap yet another busy weekend at the Mondo College Invite tomorrow at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. Competition is schedule to begin at 10 a.m.