Conference Carolinas

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

2/17/2019 12:00:00 AM

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The 2018-19 Conference Carolinas Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship was held on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. University of Mount Olive captured its sixth title in program history after posting a team score of 221.5 points.

University of Mount Olive's Johnny Middlebrooks earned the Track Athlete of the Year, while teammate Jay Hall took home Freshman of the Year

Barton College's Larry Russell Jr. earned his third straight Field Athlete of the Year.

Matt van Lierop of Mount Olive garnered Coach of the Year after leading the Trojans to the Conference Carolinas Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship.

New to the Conference Carolinas postseason award offering is the Elite 23 Award. The Elite 23 Award is modeled after the NCAA's Elite 90 Award, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumlative GPA at their respective championship site. The inaugural winner for men's indoor track & field is North Greenville University's Zachary Delaney.

 

2019 Conference Carolinas Men’s Track Athlete of the Year - Johnny Middlebrooks, Mount Olive

 

2019 Conference Carolinas Men's Team Standings - Full Results

1) Mount Olive - 221.5

2) Limestone - 95

3) North Greenville - 88.5

4) Barton - 58

5) King - 40

6) Emmanuel - 39

7) Southern Wesleyan - 34

8) Lees-McRae - 24

9) Belmont Abbey - 19

 

Men's All-Conference Teams: 

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

Men's 60 Meter Dash
1. JJ Sherman, North Greenville
2. Zach Jenkins, Mount Olive
3. Silas Robinson, North Greenville

Men's 200 Meter Dash
1. Tevin Richardson, North Greenville
2. Johnny Middlebrooks, Mount Olive
3. JJ Sherman, North Greenville

Men's 400 Meter Dash
1. Johnny Middlebrooks, Mount Olive
2. Sulaimane Bangura, Emmanuel
3. Tevin Richardson, North Greenville

Men's 800 Meter Run
1. Altan Cornu, Mount Olive
2. DaMonte' Ward, Emmanuel
3. Richard Fisher, Mount Olive

Men's Mile Run
1. Jacob Willis, Mount Olive
2. Tai Smith, Mount Olive
3. Jacob Gonzalez, Mount Olive

Men's 3000 Meter Run
1. Jacob Gonzalez, Mount Olive
2. Jacob Willis, Mount Olive
3. Jay Hall, Mount Olive

Men's 5000 Meter Run
1. Tai Smith, Mount Olive
2. Daniel Francken, Mount Olive
3. Branson Oduor, Mount Olive

Men's 60 Meter Hurdles
1. William Gray, Limestone
2. Devon Brooks, Limestone
3. Demond Cooper, Mount Olive

Men's 4 x 400 Relay
1. Mount Olive
2. Limestone
3. Southern Wesleyan

Men's Distance Medley Relay
1. Barton
2. Lees-McRae
3. North Greenville

Men's High Jump
1. Devon Brooks, Limestone
2. Jason Santizaire, Lees-McRae
3. Lawrence Russell, Jr., Barton

Men's Pole Vault
1. Martin Bayles, Mount Olive
2. Juan Soto, Emmanuel
3. Tanner Smith, Mount Olive

Men's Long Jump
1. Lawrence Russell, Jr., Barton
2. Devon Brooks, Limestone
3. Trevor Carr, Mount Olive

Men's Triple Jump
1. Lawrence Russell, Jr., Barton
2. Trevor Carr, Mount Olive
3. Javon Barmore, Southern Wesleyan

Men's Shot Put
1. Mark Livingston, Limestone
2. Micah Clemons, Barton
3. Braidon Miller, King

Men's Weight Throw
1. Micah Clemons, Barton
2. Braidon Miller, King
3. Mark Livingston, Limestone

 

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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.