Five Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet Records Fall on First Day of Competition
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RESULTS | MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – It was a record-setting first day at the Ray McDonald Sr. Sports Complex in Mount Olive, North Carolina on the campus of Mount Olive for the 2022 Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Championships as five meet records fell.
Three records fell in the women’s field events as Candise Lockett of Mount Olive broke her own meet record of 54.60m set last season in the hammer throw with a mark of 55.38m. In the long jump, Mycherie Onwuzurukie of Southern Wesleyan broke the championship meet record of 5.88m set in 2014 by Tuisia Prince (Mount Olive) with a jump of 5.96m. Moena Battle of Emmanuel broke the 2012 record in the high jump set by Stephanie Burchfield of King (1.68m) with a championship jump of 1.70m.
A pair of records fell in the men’s field events as Jon Wojcuich of Mount Olive set a championship record with a mark of 60.82m in the hammer throw, besting the previous mark set by Micah Clemons of Barton in 2018 (57.64m). In the long jump, Noah Meadows of Southern Wesleyan also set a Conference Carolinas championship meet record with a mark of 7.28m which bests Lawrence Russel, Jr. of Barton who record a jump of 7.56m in 2017.
Mount Olive leads the men’s team standings after five events with 59 points followed by UNC Pembroke (38) and Southern Wesleyan (30). In the women’s standings, the Trojans have collected 52 points followed by Converse (28) and UNC Pembroke (25).
The final day of the 2022 Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Championships gets underway on Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. with men’s discus, pole vault and triple jump as well as the women’s triple jump. The track events begin at 1 p.m. with the men’s 3000m steeplechase.
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All-Conference Finishes from Day One
(Top Three finishes are First, Second and Third Team All-Conference)
Women’s 10,000m
Ashley Doyle, King
Deanna Betzer, Lees-McRae
Ashley Sosa, Converse
Women’s High Jump
Moena Battle, Emmanuel
Jordan Brown, Converse
Phoebe Myers, Converse
Women’s Long Jump
Mycherie Onwuzurukie, Southern Wesleyan
Cristina Villanueva, Belmont Abbey
Mora Smith, Mount Olive
Women’s Hammer Throw
Candise Lockett, Mount Olive
Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive
Adrienne Crawford, Mount Olive
Women’s Javelin Throw
Daniell Trimbur, Mount Olive
Hannah Hill, North Greenville
Moena Battle, Emmanuel
Men’s 10,000m
Joshua Chepkesir, UNC Pembroke
Cas Kopmels, Mount Olive
Hunter Levy, UNC Pembroke
Men’s High Jump
Orlandus Gamble, UNC Pembroke
Jason Burke, Emmanuel
Kamden Johnson, Mount Olive
Men’s Long Jump
Noah Meadows, Southern Wesleyan
Clathton Henfield, King
Orlandus Gamble, UNC Pembroke
Men’s Hammer Throw
Jon Wojuich, Mount Olive
Chianti Ghee, Barton
Alex Smith-Forte, Mount Olive
Men’s Javelin Throw
Luke Thierfelder, Belmont Abbey
Calvin Fernandez, Southern Wesleyan
Luke Gordy, Southern Wesleyan