COLUMBIA, S.C. - Grace's track and field team collected an armful of hardware on the first full day of the 2024 NCCAA National Championships.

The Lancers claimed three national championships in three separate events and collected a handful of All-American honors on Thursday.

Grace's men and women both ended the day in the top-two on the leaderboard. The women lead all competitors by a slim margin with 39 points, four more than Greenville in second. The men are second with 31 points; Campbellsville leads the men currently with 71 points.

The championships will end on Friday with nine finals in the field events and 22 running finals.

The women's 4x800-meter relay team earned national title status. The crew of Madelyn Skidmore, Cassandra Cross, Cadence Manning and Addison Grady broke the tape in 10:02.53, beating the runner-up by five seconds.

Mackenzie Parker was the national champion in the discus, clearing 41.20 meters. Lanae Crowe grabbed third in the discus, earning All-American status in the process.

Josiah Thompson also claimed a national title, winning the javelin with a heave of 54.49 meters. Brock Lengacher (seventh place) and Clayton Martin (eighth) also scored for Grace in the javelin.

Lengacher had a busy day, finishing as the runner-up in the discus (43.63 meters) to garner All-American honors.

Cece Mitchell also earned All-American recognition in the 1,000 when she ran a third-place time of 39:26.95.

Makayla Neal completed the heptathlon on Thursday. She placed sixth with 3,452 points.

The men's 4x800 placed fourth overall; Austin Wilson, Carson Martin, Luke Nier and Carter Clear finished their race in 8:05.25.

Grace had two runners earn points in the men's 1,000. Ian Harrold placed sixth with a time of 33:29.33, and Hayden Mullett was one spot behind him at 33:45.58. Emily McCreary ended in fifth in the high jump.

During Thursday's preliminaries, Emma Conrad (100 hurdles), Gracious O'Connor (200) and Mick Wright (100) each advanced to the final race on Friday.

MEET RESULTS