Conference Carolinas has 50 Student-Athletes Named 2022 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field All-Region
NEW ORLEANS, La. – All-Region honorees for the 2022 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field season were announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) and Conference Carolinas had 50 student-athletes representing nine institutions earn the distinction.
The top-5 individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region distinction, in addition to each member of the region’s top-3 relay teams.
Mount Olive led all conference programs with 17 all-region performers while UNC Pembroke had nine and Southern Wesleyan had eight recognized. Emmanuel had five on the list, North Greenville and Lees-McRae each had four and Barton, Converse and King each had one student-athlete recognized.
Of the 50 selections, Conference Carolinas had seven top region performers in the Southeast Region. Mount Olive had two top performers, one each in the men’s and women’s weight throw, in Jon Wojcuich and Mary Brigid Keck. Jharna Alston and Clara Heiss represented Emmanuel with top marks in the 200m and pole vault, respectively. Lees-McRae’s Zai Fraser has the top mark in the triple jump, Hannah Hill of North Greenville is the top performer in the 400m and Orlandus Gamble of UNC Pembroke tops the region in the high jump.
A complete list of all of the All-Region selections is available here.
Conference Carolinas All-Southeast Region Selections
Barton
Chianti Ghee, Men’s Weight Throw
Converse
Daeja Belton, Women's 60m Hurdles
Emmanuel
Jharna Alston, Women’s 60m and 200m
Clara Heiss, Women’s Pole Vault
Sulaimane Bangura, Men’s 400m
Moena Battle, Women’s High Jump
King
Kolin Miller, Men’s Weight Throw
Lees-McRae
Zai Fraser, Women’s Triple Jump and Long Jump
Jayden Green, Men’s High Jump
Brian Sims, Men’s 400m
Mount Olive
Jon Wojcuich, Men’s Weight Throw
Mary Brigid Keck, Women’s Weight Throw and Shot Put
Justen Burnette, Men’s 60m and 200m
Josh Faison, Men’s Short Put
Jaleal Hamlett, Men’s Triple Jump
Kamden Johnson, Men’s High Jump
Cas Kopmels, Men’s 5000m
Demonte Lavender, Men’s High Jump
Alex Smith-Forte, Men’s Weight Throw
Women’s 4x400m Relay - Vinesha Briggs, Jaiden Moody, Lat Thiam, Natalyah Wilson
Kiana Hatchett, Women’s Triple Jump
Jaylin Reeves, Women’s 60m
North Greenville
Hannah Hill, Women’s 400m
CJ McFerrin, Men’s 60m Hurdles
Adrian McGee, Men’s Long Jump
Olivia Huskey, Women’s High Jump
Southern Wesleyan
Women’s 4x400m Relay - Michele Beugre, Isabela Castillo, Mycherie Onwuzurukie, Cierra Wright
Michele Beugre, Women’s 400m
Haley McLaughlin, Women’s Pole Vault
Mycherie Onwuzurukie, Women’s Triple Jump and Long Jump
UNC Pembroke
Orlandus Gamble, Men’s High Jump
Joshua Chepkesir, Men’s 5000m
Cole Thomas, Men’s Pole Vault
Raigan Evans, Women’s Weight Throw
Quanterra Harrison, Women’s 60m Hurdles
Lillian Marino, Women’s Weight Throw
Dy’Air McCormick, 60m
Jaela Thomas, 200m
Savannah Watkins, Long Jump