Individual Awards for 2015 Women'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.

 

Women’s Track Most Valuable Performer

 Lucy Schmitz, Belmont Abbey

Belmont Abbey distance runner Lucy Schmitz is the first athlete in men's and women's track and field to be named most valuable athlete. The 2013 Indoor Freshman of the Year, Schmitz won Conference Carolinas titles in the 5000 meter run and the 1 mile run and added a second place finish in the 3000 meter run to lead the Crusaders women's Track & Field team to a fifth place finish at the Conference Carolinas indoor championships.  Schmitz is now a seven time all-conference selection as she won the 5000 meter run by two seconds and the one mile run by four seconds. She repeats as runner up in the 3000, as she was four seconds off the pace. She scored 28 of the Crusaders 51 points.

 

Women’s Field Most Valuable Performer

Maegan Henry, King

For the second straight year, Henry has been named Conference Carolinas Indoor Field Most Valuable Player after winning conference titles in both the weight throw and shot put. At this year’s championships the Bluefield, Va., native set an NCAA Provisional qualifying mark of 13.95 meters in the shot put, winning the event by nearly a full meter. In the weight throw, she posted a mark more than one meter farther than her closest competitor with a toss of 15.75 meters. The senior has won the weight throw at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Championships each of the last three years, the shot put each of the last two years.

 

Women’s Freshman of the Year

Amelia Martin, King

In her first Conference Carolinas Indoor Championships, Martin turned in a stellar performance as the 2014 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year garnered the same distinction during the indoor track and field season. The Blacksburg, S.C., native finished in the top six in all three events she entered. First, she finished fifth in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 19:35.30, and followed that with a 3,000 meter time of 11:04.77, taking fourth. She finished the meet with a sixth place finish in the mile, posting a personal best time of 5:38.91.

  
Women’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.

 

Women’s Track Conference Champions
University of Mount Olive