Conference Carolinas

Mount Olive Ranked First in Women’s Track & Field Coaches Preseason Poll

12/16/2014 12:00:00 AM

High Point, NC – Conference Carolinas Track & Field Coaches have voted the University of Mount Olive as the top Conference Carolinas Women's Track & Field Team coming into the 2014 - 2015 season.

Mount Olive enters the 2015 season as the defending Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Champions. The Trojans claimed their third outdoor championship and first-ever indoor title in 2014.

The Trojans return virtually all of their All-Conference performers from last year. Aerostata Brown won the triple jump at both the indoor and outdoor championships, while Chelsea van Dijk won the 200 meters and the 400 meters at the indoor championship. Van Dijk also teamed with Wislande Maxy, Alexis McNeil and Brionna Simmons to win the indoor 4x400 relay and finish second in the outdoor 4x400 relay.

Tunisia Prince captured a combined three indoor and outdoor All-Conference awards and was named Conference Carolinas Women's Outdoor Track and Field Freshman of the Year. McNeil also won a pair of All-Conference awards at last year's outdoor championship, as did van Dijk and Bailee Henry.

A season after finishing second at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships, and fourth at the outdoor championships, the King University women's track and field team is selected to finish second in 2014-15. The Tornado return their top two scorers from both conference meets a season ago, Maegan Henry and Eliza Parker.

Henry was named the league's most valuable performer in both the indoor and outdoor seasons while Parker garnered Conference Carolinas Indoor Track Most Valuable Performer. In 2014-15, the Tornado will rely on this duo to lead the team.

Parker will lead a young, but talented distance group, and Henry will lead the throwers once again. In the short distances, Alexis Robinson returns for her senior season to headline the group while freshman Jordan Jennings will look to make a contribution early in her career.

Limestone's women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams have been picked to finish third in the Conference Carolinas this season. Led by school record holders Amber Cunningham and Ajanai Edwards, the Saints have the experience and talent to make a push for a conference title.

Freshmen Ashley Barker, Madison Holley, Zora Garrick and Dominique Sullivan are expected to make an immediate impact. They'll join returners Qwaneshia Matthews, Kenadi Killings and Madison Fulford, each of whom scored in their event at last year's conference championships.

North Greenville finished fourth in the poll with Barton fifth, followed by Lees-McRae, Belmont Abbey, Converse, and Pfeiffer respectively rounding-out the poll standings.

 

Conference Carolinas Women’s Track & Field Preseason Poll 

(# of First Place Votes in Parenthesis)