Mount Olive Chosen Favorite in Men’s Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Mount Olive has been chosen as the favorite in the 2020-21 Conference Carolinas Men's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll.
The conference office officially released the preseason poll on Dec. 2, 2020. The preseason poll was voted on by the league's head coaches.
Mount Olive will be looking for its fifth consecutive Conference Carolinas title at the 2021 Conference Carolinas Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship. The Trojans picked up seven first-place votes in securing the top spot in the preseason tally with a total of 78 points.
North Greenville received the three other first-place votes to sit second in the poll with a total of 68 points. Newcomer UNC Pembroke is just behind in third with 66 points. Emmanuel was tabbed fourth with 57 points.
Southern Wesleyan was fifth with 51 points followed by Barton (41), Belmont Abbey (33), Lees-McRae (27), King (18) and Erskine (11).
2020-21 Conference Carolinas
Men's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll
| School |
First Place |
Total |
| Mount Olive |
7 |
78 |
| North Greenville |
3 |
68 |
| UNC Pembroke |
|
66 |
| Emmanuel |
|
57 |
| Southern Wesleyan |
|
51 |
| Barton |
|
41 |
| Belmont Abbey |
|
33 |
| Lees-McRae |
|
27 |
| King |
|
18 |
| Erskine |
|
11 |
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Men's Indoor Track & Field
Athletes to Watch
Barton
Chianti Ghee, Sr., Throws, Fayetteville, North Carolina (All-Conference Carolinas)
Belmont Abbey
Dominic Pautler, Sr., Jumps/Throws, Birmingham, Alabama
James Thierfelder, Sr., Mid-Distance/Throws, Gastonia, North Carolina (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Corbin Lamb, Fr., Jumps, Rome, Georgia
Emmanuel
Sulamaine Bangura, Sr., Sprints, Conyers, Georgia (2020 All-Conference Carolinas, 2019 NCAA National Qualifier)
Malik Jackson, Sr., Sprints/Hurdles, Sandersville, Georgia
Erskine
Noah Woodbury, Fr., Summerville, South Carolina
Kavon McBride, Fr., Kingstree, South Carolina
Darius Dotson, So., Anderson, South Carolina
King
Kolin Miller, Jr., Throws, Lebanon, Tennessee
Reed Samuel, Fr., Sprints/Jumps, Bristol, Virginia
Jordan Keith, Fr., Distance, Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee
Lees-McRae
Camden Donovan, So., High Jump, Andover, New Hampshire (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Christopher Lomax, So., Mid-Distance, Elkin, North Carolina (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Tristin Bertie, Sr., Distance, Cleveland, Georgia (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Mount Olive
Tom Kalliske, So., Throws, Saarmund, Germany
Justen Burnette, Jr., Sprints, Winston, North Carolina
Cas Kopmels, So., Distance, Leiden, Netherlands
UNC Pembroke
Joshua Chepkesir, Distance, Eldoret, Kenya (All-Mountain East Conference, 2020 All-American)
Jamar Adams, Sprints, West End, North Carolina (All-Mountain East Conference)
Caleb Coles, Jumps, Amherst, Virginia (All-Mountain East Conference)
North Greenville
Tevin Richardson, Gr., Sprints, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina (2020 All-Conference Carolinas, 2020 All-America Selection)
Jackson Junkins, Jr., Sprints, JR, Pawleys Island, South Carolina (2020 All-Conference Carolinas, 2020 All-America Selection)
Southern Wesleyan
Peyton Shelton, Jr., Distance, Columbus, Indiana
Christian Swindle, Sr., Throws, Seneca, South Carolina
Chandler Whittle, Jr., Jumps, Westminster, South Carolina (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
