Individual Awards for 2015 Men's Indoor Track and Field Announced

Individual Awards for 2015 Men's Indoor Track and Field Announced

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High Point, NC – Conference Carolinas announces the individual award winners following this past weekend’s Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships. Awards include Track Most Valuable Performer, Field Most Valuable Performer, Freshman of the Year, and Coach of the Year for both the men and women. Head coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote post-championship on the award winners who represent the best of the best for the league.

 

Men’s Track Most Valuable Performer

Austin Steagall Mount Olive

Austin Steagall was University of Mount Olive’s top points scorer as he helped lead the Trojans to their second straight Conference Carolinas Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championship. A senior from Gaffney, S.C., Steagall finished first in the 3000 meters and earned second place finishes in the mile run and the 5000 meters for a total of 26 points

 

Men’s Field Most Valuable Performer

Terry Davis, North Greenville

Terry Davis turned in another excellent performance this past weekend at the Conference Championships. Davis Won the the TJ, placed 2nd in the LJ and 4th in the HJ. these performance totaled 23 points, the most of any field event athlete. Terry's season performances have him provisional qualified for the TJ and LJ (Currently ranked 12th in the TJ and 32nd in LJ).  His Coach summed Terry up this way "Terry's continued development is so exciting. His positiveattitude and competitive spirit have helpped him get to this point".

 

Men’s Freshman of the Year

Marquett Simmons, Limestone

Capping off what proved to be a phenomenal freshman season, Limestone’s Marquett Simmons Jr. solidified his standing across the country from the very beginning of the 2014-15 season. In his first ever collegiate meet, Simmons Jr. set a school record and automatic NCAA qualifying time in the 60m dash. Later in the year he set a school record in the 200m dash with a provisional NCAA qualifying time, and was also a member of Limestone’s school record setting 4x400m relay group. In the 2015 Conference Carolinas championships, Simmons Jr. scored 24 total points with second place finishes in the 60m and 200m dashes, and fifth place finishes in the 400m dash and long jump event. He was also the anchor to the 4x400m relay team that won silver.

 
 Men’s Coach of the Year

Matt van Lierop, Mount Olive

Matt van Lierop adds two more trophies to his mantelpiece, earning Men’s Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year honors for the second straight year and winning Women’s Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year for the first time. Coach van Lierop has now won all four Conference Carolinas track and field coach of the year awards: men’s indoor, women’s indoor, men’s outdoor and women’s outdoor. The University of Mount Olive men’s team spent the final three weeks of the regular season ranked No. 1 in the USTFCCCA Division II Men’s Indoor Track and Field Southeast Region Top 10. The Trojan women’s team spent the final two weeks ranked No. 3 in the USTFCCCA Division II Women’s Indoor Track and Field Southeast Region Top 10.

 

Men’s Track Conference Champions
University of Mount Olive