Mount Olive Captures Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship; Individual Awards and All-Conference Announced
Mount Olive Captures Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship; Individual Awards and All-Conference Announced
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The 2016-17 Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship was held on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. University of Mount Olive would notch its fourth straight indoor title with a team score of 167 points.
In addition to the team title, Mount Olive's Leah Hanle would be named the 2016-17 Track Athlete and Freshman of the Year. Hanle totaled 28 points at the indoor championship after winning both the 5000m and mile run, while finishing runner-up in the 3000m run.
Barton College's Jamina Morris was named Field Athlete of the Year. Morris would also tally 28 points, with her's coming from first-place finishes in the long jump and triple jump, and a second-place finish in the 60m hurdles.
Greg Thiel of Southern Wesleyan University was tabbed the Coach of the Year after leading the Warriors to a runner-up finish in their first Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championship appearance.
Women - Team Rankings - 16 Events Scored
1) Mount Olive - 167
2) Southern Wesleyan - 127.5
3) Limestone - 84.5
4) Barton - 76
5) King - 35
5) North Greenville - 35
7) Lees-McRae - 33
8) Belmont Abbey - 26
9) Converse - 24
10) Pfeiffer - 16
Full Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship Results
Women's All Conference Teams:
(Top 3 finishes are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Team All Conference)
Women's 60 Meter Dash
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Name
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School
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1
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Alexis McNeil
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Mount Olive
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2
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Amy Barton
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Southern Wesleyan
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3
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Morgan Haney
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Southern Wesleyan
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Women's 200 Meter Dash
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Name
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School
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1
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Amy Barton
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Southern Wesleyan
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2
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Jamie Lewis
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Southern Wesleyan
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3
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Morgan Haney
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Southern Wesleyan
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Women's 400 Meter Run
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Name
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School
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1
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Jami Lewis
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Southern Wesleyan
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2
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Liz Thierfelder
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Belmont Abbey
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3
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Kaliyah Andrews
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Limestone
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Women's 800 Meter Run
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Name
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School
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1
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Sharon Kiptoo
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Barton
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2
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Bailee Henry
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Mount Olive
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3
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Julia Otranto
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Belmont Abbey
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Women's Mile Run
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Name
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School
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1
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Leah Hanle
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Mount Olive
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2
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Bailee Henry
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Mount Olive
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3
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Sharon Kiptoo
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Barton
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Women's 3000 Meter Run
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Name
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School
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1
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Meredith Lorient
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Mount Olive
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2
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Leah Hanle
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Mount Olive
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3
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Allyson Malone
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Limestone
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Women's 5000 Meter Run
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Name
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School
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1
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Leah Hanle
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Mount Olive
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2
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Kelsey Valentine
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Mount Olive
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3
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Sarah Rutto
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Limestone
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Women's 60 Meter Hurdles
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Name
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School
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1
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Erin Bingham
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Lees-McRae
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2
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Jamina Morris
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Barton
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3
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Skylar Julian
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Southern Wesleyan
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Women's 4 x 400 Relay
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Team
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1
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Southern Wesleyan
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2
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Limestone
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3
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Mount Olive
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Women's Distance Medley Relay
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Team
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1
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Barton
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2
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Southern Wesleyan
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3
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Converse
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Women's High Jump
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Name
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School
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1
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Makayla Boswell
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Lees-McRae
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2
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Taylor Moncrief
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Mount Olive
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3
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Kaitlyn Gearing
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Lees-McRae
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Women's Pole Vault
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Name
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School
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1
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Sam Stelmaszek
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Southern Wesleyan
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2
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Jessica Maggio
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Southern Wesleyan
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3
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Sydney Hickert
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North Greenville
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Women's Long Jump
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Name
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School
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1
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Jamina Morris
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Barton
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2
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Jami Lewis
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Southern Wesleyan
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3
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Tunisia Prince
|
Mount Olive
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Women's Triple Jump
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Name
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School
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1
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Jamina Morris
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Barton
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2
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Shekinah Wilder
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North Greenville
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3
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Taylor Moncrief
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Mount Olive
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Women's Shot Put
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Name
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School
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1
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Paris West
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Southern Wesleyan
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2
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Taylor Grayson
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King
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3
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Desiree Whitley
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Barton
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Women's Weight Throw
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Name
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School
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1
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Alanna McCarthy
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Mount Olive
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2
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Shakura Wesley
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Converse
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3
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Taylor Grayson
|
King
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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 is currently completing the NCAA DII Membership Process and will be fully competing in league championships in the near future.