Mount Olive Selected Favorite in Women’s Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Mount Olive has been tabbed as the favorite in the 2020-21 Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll.
The conference office officially unveiled the preseason poll on Dec. 2, 2020. The preseason poll was voted on by the league's head coaches.
Mount Olive has captured every Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field title since 2014. Mount Olive was able to secure its seventh consecutive team title at the 2020 Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship.
In the 2020-21 Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll, Mount Olive received a total of 95 points to hold off second place Southern Wesleyan (88) for the top spot. Mount Olive received six first-place votes and Southern Wesleyan claimed two first-place votes. North Greenville was picked third in the preseason tally with a total of 74 points.
Newcomer UNC Pembroke collected the other three first-place votes. Last year's Mountain East Conference champions in women's indoor track & field, UNC Pembroke is fourth overall in the Conference Carolinas preseason poll with a total of 74 points.
Converse (67) was fifth in the preseason poll followed by Erskine (56), Lees-McRae (44), Emmanuel (38), Barton (31), King (19) and Belmont Abbey (17).
2020-21 Conference Carolinas
Women's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll
| School |
First Place |
Total |
| Mount Olive |
6 |
95 |
| Southern Wesleyan |
2 |
88 |
| North Greenville |
|
76 |
| UNC Pembroke |
3 |
74 |
| Converse |
|
67 |
| Erskine |
|
56 |
| Lees-McRae |
|
44 |
| Emmanuel |
|
38 |
| Barton |
|
31 |
| King |
|
19 |
| Belmont Abbey |
|
17 |
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Women's Indoor Track & Field
Athletes to Watch
Barton
Hailey Russell, Jr., Distance, Jacksonville, North Carolina
Takeitha Glaspie, Jr., Sprints, Goldsboro, North Carolina
Belmont Abbey
Cristina Villanueva, So., Jumps/Sprints, Orlando, Florida
Caylan Medley, Fr., Temecula, California
Rachel Lang, Jr., Martinez, Georgia (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Converse
Daeja Belton, Sr., Hurdles, Abbeville, South Carolina
Kristin Frost, Fifth Year, Pole Vault, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Serenity Hunt, Sr., Long Jump/High Jump, Marion, South Carolina
Emmanuel
Jharna Alston, Sr., Sprints, Smyrna, Georgia (2019 All American)
Moena Battle, Jr., Jumps, Atlanta, Georgia
Erskine
Lizzie Naval, So., Summerville, South Carolina (2020 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year, 2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Antaja Whitehead, Fr., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Hailey Holcomb, So., Lancaster, South Carolina
King
Katy Neubert, So., Distance, Johnson City, Tennessee
Meg Davis, Jr., Distance, Kingsport, Tennessee
Samantha Jerrell, Fr., Sprints/Jumps, Gate City, Virginia
Lees-McRae
Britney Augustin, Jr., Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps, North Port, Florida (2019 All-Region)
Deanna Betzer, So., Distance, New Columbia, Pennsylvania
Mya Roberts, Sr., Throws, Burlington, North Carolina
Mount Olive
Candy Lockett, Sr., Throws, Birmingham, England (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Sydney McCoy, Fifth Year, Sprints, Long Island, New York (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Vennise Shelton, Fr., Distance, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
UNC Pembroke
Erman Jepleting, R-Jr,, Distance, Eldoret, Kenya (All-Mountain East Conference, All-Region)
Breze Ervin, R-Fr., Jumps, Raleigh, North Carolina (All-Mountain East Conference)
Dy'Air McCormick, R-So., Sprints, Belmont, North Carolina (All-Mountain East Conference)
North Greenville
Emily Beisecker, Gr., Sprints/Hurdles, Hartsville, South Carolina
Millie Klefsaas, Sr., Pole Vault/Distance, Motley, Minnesota (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Southern Wesleyan
Michele Beurge, Jr., Sprints, Powder Springs, Georgia (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Mycherie Onwuzuruike, Jr., Jumps/Sprints, Powder Springs, Georgia (2020 Conference Carolinas Field Athlete of the Year, 2020 All-Conference Carolinas, 2020 All-Region, 2020 NCAA Qualifier)
Kelsie Smith, Sr., Throws, Stafford, Virginia
