Mount Olive's McCoy and North Greenville's Wilder Named Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
Mount Olive's McCoy and North Greenville's Wilder Named Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
HIGH POINT, N.C. – University of Mount Olive's Sydney McCoy and North Greenville University's Shekinah Wilder have been named the Conference Carolinas Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for meets held Jan. 29 - Feb. 4, the Conference announced today.
Freshman Sydney McCoy showed up in a big way this past weekend at the Vince Brown Invitational. In the 60m dash, she won each section of the race (prelims, semifinals, and finals) by nearly half a second. Her performance in the semifinal round, however, was her best of the weekend. McCoy's time of 7.68 seconds was a provisional qualifying mark and moved her into the number two spot in the conference. She also won the 200m dash in a time of 26.63.
Wilder, a junior from Aiken, S.C., launched herself into the upper ranks of the Division II national standings in the triple jump this past weekend at the Buccaneer Invitational. Her leap of 12.26 meters (40' 2 3/4") not only won the meet and placed her atop the Conference Carolinas standings, it also surpassed the provisional qualifying mark and is the fourth-farthest leap in Division II so far this season. She now leads both the conference and region by nearly two feet.
Also nominated for Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week: Jasmine Watson (Barton).
Also nominated for Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week: Kelsey Poole (Barton).
2017-18 Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Week One (Jan. 9) – Leah Hanle (Mount Olive)
Week Two (Jan. 16) - Jami Lewis (Southern Wesleyan)
Week Three (Jan. 23) - Celine Ritter (Mount Olive)
Week Four (Jan. 30) - Zawadi Brown (Limestone)
Week Five (Feb. 6) - Sydney McCoy (Mount Olive)
2017-18 Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Week One (Jan. 9) – Taylor Moncrief (Mount Olive)
Week Two (Jan. 16) - Shakura Wesley (Converse)
Week Three (Jan. 23) - Kelsie Smith (Southern Wesleyan)
Week Four (Jan. 30) - Shandora Cheeseboro (Limestone)
Week Five (Feb. 6) - Shekinah Wilder (North Greenville)