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Allendale, Mich. - The No. 16 Lewis University men's track and field team earned one NCAA Automatic Qualifying bid and five NCAA Provisional marks on their way to finishing second at the GVSU Early Bird, hosted by Grand Valley State, at the Kelly Family Sports Center on Friday (Dec. 5) afternoon.

Grand Valley State won the event with 129 points, while the Flyers had 115.

"Tonight was a great start to the season," Lewis head men's track and field coach Dana Schwarting said. "I think we really proved that our national ranking is legit."

Lewis junior Andre Barnes (Mount Prospect, Ill./Prospect) earned the NCAA automatic qualifying bid with a first-place mark and school-record time of 47.67. Flyer freshman Chris Wilson finished fourth in the same event with a NCAA provisional time of 49.5.

Flyer senior Kevin Dorenkamper (Minooka, Ill./Minooka) picked up a pair of NCAA provisional marks. He finished second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.27) and ran a leg of the runner-up 4x400 relay (3:16.67) with Barnes, Wilson and freshman Brock Robertsen.

Lewis junior Isaac Jean-Paul (Gurnee, Ill./Warren) had a pair of second-place finishes including a NCAA provisional leap of 6'11 3/4" (2.13m) in the high jump. He also finished second in the long jump with a leap of 22'5 3/4".

Lewis senior Andrew McLain (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead) picked up both a first and second-place finish for the Flyers. McLain won the 3,000-meter run (8:34.77) and was a runner-up in the 1-mile run (4:15.24).

Flyer junior Adam Barr (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) was the final NCAA provisional qualifier with a third-place heave of 59'6 1/4" (18.14m) in the weight throw.

Lewis returns to action on Friday (Dec. 12), as the Flyers will participate in both the Nebraska Kearney Pre-Holiday Invitational and the Gerry England Open - hosted by the University of Indianapolis.