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CHENEY--Kersee Lind (left/photo courtesy EWU) of the Eastern Washington University track and field team broke the school record in the heptathlon with 5,033 points Saturday (Dec. 5) at the second annual Candy Cane Invitational in Cheney, Wash., at the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse.

Lind broke Matt Ludwigson's 2007 record of 4,951 points. Lind's previous best was 4,910 set in 2008. He also qualified for the Big Sky Conference Championships.

Lind was one of 18 qualifying marks attained for the BSC Championships.

In dual-meet scoring, EWU men defeated Montana 64 -30 and Eastern women lost to the Grizzlies 50.5 to 46.5.

Complete results from the heptathlon can be obtained here, while complete results from the Candy Cane Invitational are available here.

Friday's pentathlon results, won by Lindsey Hall of Montana, are available here.