Four Conference Carolinas Student-Athletes Set to Participate in 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Four Conference Carolinas Student-Athletes Set to Participate in 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Four Conference Carolinas student-athletes in five different events qualified for the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet.
The championships will be held May 26-28 in Bradenton, Fla. at IMG Academy and co-hosted by IMG Academy and the University of Tampa. The championships will be streamed live on NCAA.com each day.
A total of 754 participants, 377 men and 377 women, will compete in the championships. Student-athletes qualified for the championships by reaching the automatic and provisional standards established for each event. The complete list of qualifiers is available at LeoneTiming.com.
| 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships - Conference Carolinas Men's Qualifiers |
| Limestone College |
Event |
Seed |
| Marquett Simmons, Jr. |
100 Meter Dash |
10.40 |
|
200 Meter Dash |
21.14 |
| Marshawn Scott |
110 Meter Hurdles |
14.29 |
| University of Mount Olive |
Event |
Seed |
| Austin Steagall |
3000 Meter Steeplechase |
9:02.12 |
| |
5000 Meter Run |
14:11.10 |
| Jonathan Dahlke |
3000 Meter Steeplechase |
8:58.44 |
Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletics conference made up of 12 teams from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Converse College, Emmanuel College, Erskine College, King University, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, University of Mount Olive, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University, and Southern Wesleyan University. Emmanuel College and Southern Wesleyan University are currently completing the NCAA Membership Process and will be fully competing in league championships in the near future.