Mount Olive Chosen to Claim Title in 2024 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Poll
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Mount Olive has been chosen to collect its 10
th straight Conference Carolinas Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship in the 2024 preseason poll.
The preseason poll is voted on by the league’s head coaches.
Mount Olive picked up all 11 first-place votes available to them (teams cannot vote for themselves) to garner a total of 121 points. UNC Pembroke was tabbed second in the preseason poll with 110 points. Belmont Abbey was picked third and claimed the final first-place vote.
North Greenville (91) was fourth and were followed by Southern Wesleyan (76), Erskine (59), Lees-McRae (56), Converse (52), Barton (48), Emmanuel (41), King (24) and Francis Marion (19).
The 2024 Conference Carolinas Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be contested on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
2024 Conference Carolinas
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Preseason Poll
| School |
Total (First Place) |
| Mount Olive |
121 (11) |
| UNC Pembroke |
110 |
| Belmont Abbey |
95 (1) |
| North Greenville |
91 |
| Southern Wesleyan |
76 |
| Erskine |
59 |
| Lees-McRae |
56 |
| Converse |
52 |
| Barton |
48 |
| Emmanuel |
41 |
| King |
24 |
| Francis Marion |
19 |
2023-24 Conference Carolinas Men’s Indoor Track and Field
Athletes to Watch
Barton
· Justin Cooper, Jr., High Point, North Carolina
· Chase Eaton, Senior, Wilson, North Carolina
· Jaiden Lee, Freshman, Charlotte, North Carolina
Belmont Abbey
· Jesse Coleman, So., Gastonia, North Carolina
· Brian Sause, Jr., Durham, North Carolina
· Orlando Descartes, So., Kissimmee, Florida
Converse
· Gavin McFadden, Jr., Rock Hill, South Carolina (2023 60m Second Team All
-Conference Carolinas)
· Ryan Glenn, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina
· Dorian Bomar, Fr., Spartanburg, South Carolina
Emmanuel
· Jason Burke, Sr., Jefferson, Georgia (Three-Time Second-Team All-Conference Carolinas in High Jump)
· Evan Deaton, So., Concord, North Carolina
· Demarco Hernandez, Sr., Commerce, Georgia
Erskine
· Angel Galan, So., Salamanca, Spain
· Joey Tindale, So., Rock Hill, South Carolina
· Greyson
Marlowe, Sr., Greenville, South Carolina
Francis Marion
· Ryan Hunter
, Jr., Blythewood, South Carolina
· Andrew Lance,
Jr. Columbia, South Carolina
· Cullen Dore, Sr., Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina
King
· Ermay Vazquez Adame, Fr., Commerce, Georgia
· Clathon Henfield, Sr., Freeport, Grand Bahamas (Second Team All
-Conference in Outdoor Long Jump in 2022)
· Josh Booher, Sr., Bristol, Virginia
· Mason Sanders, Jr., Kingsport, Tennessee
Lees-McRae
· Campbell Dille, So., Cary, North Carolina (2024 Indoor All
-Conference Carolinas–Distance Medley Relay)
· Christian Bargaineer, Sr., Wedgewood, Florida (2024 Indoor All
-Conference Carolinas Second Team–60 Meter Hurdles, 2023 Outdoor All
-Conference Carolinas Third Team110 Meter Hurdles, 2023 Indoor All-Conference Carolinas Second Team–60 Meter Hurdles)
· Jayden Green, Jr., Pensacola, Florida (2023 Indoor All
-Conference CarolinasThird Team, 2023 Indoor All-Conference Carolinas Third Team–High Jump)
· Josh Gillis, So., Mid
-Distance/Distance, Casselberry, Florida (2023 Outdoor All
-Conference Carolinas Third Team–800 Meters, 2023 Indoor All-Conference Carolinas Second Team–800Meters)
Mount Olive
· Sigursteinn Asgeirsson, Fr., Borgasetriô, Iceland
· Ryan Wilson
-McCoy, Fr., Bealeton, Virginia
· Riley Willcox, Jr., Garner, North Carolina
Southern Wesleyan
· Ronan O’Neill, So., Pendleton, South Carolina (2023 Conference Carolinas All
-Conference Second Team 10,000 Meters, 2023 Conference Carolinas All-Conference SecondTeam 5000 Meters)
· Drew Jones, So., Riverview, Florida
· Ethan Marchman, So., Lavonia, Georgia
UNC Pembroke
· Delsin Burkhart, R-Sr., Fayetteville, North Carolina (2024 Indoor 800m Conference Champion)
· Kendrick Lewis, Gr., Raleigh, North Carolina (2023 Outdoor Triple Jump Bronze Medalist)
· Cedric Douglas, Jr., Sanford, North Carolina (2023 Outdoor Shot Put Bronze Medalist)