Conference Carolinas

Mount Olive Captures Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship; Individual Awards and All-Conference Announced

2/20/2018 12:00:00 AM

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The 2017-18 Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship was held on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. University of Mount Olive would notch its fifth straight indoor title with a team score of 236 points.

In addition to the team title, Mount Olive's Leah Hanle would be named the 2017-18 Track Athlete of the Year. Hanle totaled 22 points at the indoor championship after winning the mile run, finishing runner-up in the 5000m run and fifth in the 3000m run.

Mount Olive's Taylor Moncrief was named Field Athlete of the Year. Moncrief would tally 24 points, with her's coming from a first-place finish in the high jump, third-place finishes in the long and triple jump, and a seventh-place finish in the 60m hurdles.

UMO's Celine Ritter would capture Freshman of the Year honors after posting 24 points. She would take gold in the 800m run, silver in the mile run and a bronze in the 3000m run.

Matt van Lierop of Mount Olive was tabbed the Coach of the Year after leading the Trojans to their fifth consecutive Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship.

 

 

2018 Conference Carolinas Women's Team Standings - Full Results

1) Mount Olive - 236

2) Southern Wesleyan - 116

3) Limestone - 93.5

4) North Greenville - 47.5

5) Converse - 35

6) Barton - 31

7) Lees-McRae - 19

7) Belmont Abbey - 19

9) King - 17

 

Women's All-Conference Teams: 

(Top 3 finishes are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Team All Conference)

Women's 60 Meter Dash
1. Zawadi Brown, Limestone
2. Sydney McCoy, Mount Olive
3. Lyric King, Southern Wesleyan

Women's 200 Meter Dash
1. Amy Barton, Southern Wesleyan
2. Jami Lewis, Southern Wesleyan
3. Ly'Ric Bolden, Limestone

Women's 400 Meter Dash
1. Jami Lewis, Southern Wesleyan
2. Amy Barton, Southern Wesleyan
3. Kieora Nichols, Mount Olive

Women's 800 Meter Run
1. Celine Ritter, Mount Olive
2. Sharon Kiptoo, Barton
3. Julia Otranto, Belmont Abbey

Women's Mile Run
1. Leah Hanle, Mount Olive
2. Celine Ritter, Mount Olive
3. Sharon Kiptoo, Barton

Women's 3000 Meter Run
1. Julia Bridges, Mount Olive
2. Meredith Lorient, Mount Olive
3. Celine Ritter, Mount Olive

Women's 5000 Meter Run
1. Shona Blades, Mount Olive
2. Leah Hanle, Mount Olive
3. Meredith Lorient, Mount Olive

Women's 60 Meter Hurdles
1. Julian Skylar, Southern Wesleyan
2. Jasmine Watson, Barton
3. Malak Kafi, Mount Olive

Women's 4 x 400 Relay
1. Southern Wesleyan
2. Mount Olive
3. North Greenville

Women's Distance Medley Relay
1. Belmont Abbey
2. North Greenville
3. Southern Wesleyan

Women's High Jump
1. Taylor Moncrief, Mount Olive
2. Brittany Beckford, Mount Olive
3. Paige Peterson, Southern Wesleyan
3. Tierra Johnson, Southern Wesleyan

Women's Pole Vault
1. Mille Klefsaas, North Greenville
2. Kristin Frost, Converse
3. Kamber Skeen, Mount Olive

Women's Long Jump
1. A'Miracle Scott, Southern Wesleyan
2. Shandora Cheeseboro, Limestone
3. Taylor Moncrief, Mount Olive

Women's Triple Jump
1. Shandora Cheeseboro, Limestone
2. Shekinah Wilder, North Greenville
3. Taylor Moncrief, Mount Olive

Women's Shot Put
1. Skyler Gadsden, Limestone
2. Samantha Tobin, Mount Olive
3. Kishanda Kale, Limestone

Women's Weight Throw
1. Candy Lockett, Mount Olive
2. Khadijah Kale, Mount Olive
3. Janae Cunningham, Barton

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Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletics conference made up of 11 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, 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.