Converse men, Mount Olive women win 2025 Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships

2/24/2025 4:55:26 PM

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The 2025 Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships wrapped up on Monday with Converse University winning the men’s title and the University of Mount Olive taking the women’s crown.

Converse wins their first men’s Conference Carolinas championship with 130 points, ending Mount Olive’s eight-year run. The Trojans finished runner-up with 127 points while UNC Pembroke came in third with 114 points.

On the women’s side, Mount Olive wins their third title in four years with 197 points with Converse finishing runner-up with 137 points.

MONDAY RECAP
Mount Olive’s Futoria Harris set a conference and meet record, winning the women’s 60 meter dash in 7.44 seconds. She did the same in the women’s 200 meters with a time of 24.24 seconds. In the women’s triple jump, Janara Bryant of Mount Olive set a new meet record with a leap of 12.26 meters.

Mekhi Hayes of UNC Pembroke set a meet record, winning the men’s 200 meters in 21.63 seconds. In the men’s 3000 meters, Ronan O’Neill of Southern Wesleyan set a new meet record with a winning time of 8:26.85.

For the first time in championship history, the men’s heptathlon was competed with Belmont Abbey’s Joshua Gulapa winning the title with 4,475 points.
 

Women's Indoor Track & Field Award Winners
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Lora Dillon, Lees-McRae
Freshman of the Year
Futoria Harris, Mount Olive
Track Athlete of the Year
Futoria Harris, Mount Olive
Field Athletes of the Year
Janara Bryant, Mount Olive
Coach of the Year
Earl Graves, Mount Olive
 

Men's Indoor Track & Field Award Winners
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Gabe Blackwelder, UNC Pembroke
Freshman of the Year
Mekhi Hayes, UNC Pembroke
Track Athlete of the Year
Ronan O'Neill, Southern Wesleyan
Field Athlete of the Year
Kelly Hay, Belmont Abbey
Coach of Year
Brandon Morton, Converse
 

SUNDAY RECAP
The event started with the first ever women’s pentathlon in conference history as Converse University’s Kennedy Wright took home gold with 3041 points.

Southern Wesleyan University won the men’s distance medley relay in 10:19.53 while North Greenville University won the women’s distance medley relay in 12:41.81.

Ronan O’Neill of Southern Wesleyan won the men’s 5,000 meters with a time of 14:42.81 while Moureen Kimaiyo of UNC Pembroke won the women’s 5,000 meters with a time of 18:10.89.

Gary Park won the men’s weight throw with a mark of 17.51 meters while Kenisha Barnes of Mount Olive won the women’s weight throw with a mark of 16.92 meters. Ine the long jump, Converse University’s Kaden Gamble was the men’s winner with a mark of 7.17 while Mount Olive’s Janara Bryant won the women’s with a leap of 5.88 meters.

Belmont Abbey’s Kelly Hay set a meet record two win the men’s pole vault, clearing 4.85 meters while UNC Pemroke’s Carina Fiorucci cleared 3.32 meters to win the women’s pole vault.

Three records fell in the prelims, Channie Jefferson on the University of Mount Olive set a conference and meet record in the women’s 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.64 seconds and Mount Olive’s Futoria Harris set the conference and meet record in the women’s 60 meter dash with a time of 7.40 seconds. UNC Pembroke’s Mekhi Hayes set a meet record with a men’s 200 meter time of 21.59 seconds.

After five scored events, UNC Pembroke leads the men’s standings with 53 points. They are followed by Converse and Mount Olive with 32 points apiece. Mount Olive sits atop the women’s standings after six scored events with 63 points. Converse is second with 52 points and they are followed by UNC Pembroke in third with 30 points.

The final day of the 2025 Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships gets underway on Monday at 10:00 a.m. with the men’s heptathlon. The field events then get underway at 10:30 a.m. before the track events start at 11:20 a.m.
 

All-Conference Finishes from Day One
(Top Three finishes are First, Second and Third Team All-Conference)

* - Conference Carolinas Meet Record
# - Conference Carolinas Record

Men’s Mile
1) Alain Flores, Converse
2) Norman Junker, UNC Pembroke
3) Riley Willcox, Mount Olive

Women’s Mile
1) Ellie Timmons, North Greenville
2) Lauren Beatty, Converse
3) Morgan Whitley, King

Men’s 60 meter Hurdles
1) Dre’Kevan Thomas, Converse
2) Nick Tibolla, Converse
3) Joshua Gulapa, Belmont Abbey

Women’s 60 meter Hurdles
1) Channie Jefferson, Mount Olive
2) Isabelle Flores, Belmont Abbey
3) Kennedy Wright, Converse

Men’s 400 meters
1) Jeremiah Hines, Belmont Abbey
2) Garison Coleman, Belmont Abbey
3) Nickili Lewis, Emmanuel

Women’s 400 meters
1) Channie Jefferson, Mount Olive
2) Isabelle Flores, Belmont Abbey
3) Jermyra Bethel, Converse

Men’s 60 meter Dash
1) Zephaniah Cox, Converse
2) Dorian Bomar, Converse
3) Dedric Gibson, Shorter

Women’s 60 meter Dash
1) Futoria Harris, Mount Olive#*
2) Aniya Heckstall, Barton
3) Heavan Roberts, Mount Olive

Men’s 800 meters
1) Nate Hill, Southern Wesleyan
2) Dustyn Scruggs, Southern Wesleyan
3) Ben Jaminet, North Greenville

Women’s 800 meters
1) Linn Lindevik, Mount Olive
2) Brynley Walraven, Young Harris
3) Mia Zuniga, Belmont Abbey

Men’s 200 meters
1) Mekhi Hayes, UNC Pembroke
2) Gavin McFadden, Converse
3) Devron Davis, Converse

Women’s 200 meters
1) Futoria Harris, Mount Olive#*
2) Heavan Roberts, Mount Olive
3) Aniya Heckstall, Barton

Men’s 3,000 meters
1) Ronan O’Neil, Southern Wesleyan*
2) Alain Flores, Converse
3) Norman Junker, UNC Pembroke

Women’s 3,000 meters
1) Moureen Kimaiyo, UNC Pembroke
2) Cecily Anderton, North Greenville
3) Riley Shope, North Greenville

Men’s Heptathlon
1) Joshua Gulapa, Belmont Abbey
2) Ryland Hunley, Young Harris
3) Trent Brown, UNC Pembroke

Men’s Shot Put
1) Sigursteinn Asgeirsson, Mount Olive
2) Nathaniel Williams, Shorter
3) Nic Cloud, Mount Olive

Women’s Shot Put
1) Haniyyah Johnson, Mount Olive
2) Alla Hutchins, Converse
3) Kaitlin Kenan, Mount Olive

Men’s Triple Jump
1) Ryan Wilson-McCoy, Mount Olive
2) Brendin Marks, Mount Olive
3) Andrew Pender, Mount Olive

Women’s Triple Jump
1) Janara Bryant, Mount Olive*
2) Karla Homazabal, Mount Olive
3) Mallory Haney, UNC Pembroke

Men’s High Jump
1) Orian Forrest, Emmanuel
2) Holden Gerth, Mount Olive
3) Jayden Green, Lees-McRae

Women’s High Jump
1) Jordan Brown, Converse
2) Kamille Cunningham, Converse
3) Janara Bryant, Mount Olive

Men’s 4x400 meter Relay
1) Mount Olive
2) Belmont Abbey
3) Converse

Women’s 4x400 meter Relay
1) Converse
2) UNC Pembroke
3) Shorter
 

All-Conference Finishes from Day One
(Top Three finishes are First, Second and Third Team All-Conference)

* - Conference Carolinas Meet Record
# - Conference Carolinas Record

Women’s Pentathlon
1) Kennedy Wright, Converse
2) Haley Kells, Belmont Abbey
3) Kamille Cunningham, Converse

Women’s Distance Medley Relay
1) North Greenville
2) King
3) Lees-McRae

Men’s Distance Medley Relay
1) Southern Wesleyan
2) Lees-McRae
3) Converse

Women’s Weight Throw
1) Kenisha Barnes, Mount Olive
2) Bella Martin, Converse
3) Rolanda Desir-Moreau, Mount Olive

Men’s Weight Throw
1) Gary Parker, UNC Pembroke
2) Caleb Bass, Mount Olive
3) Matthew Heywood, Mount Olive

Women’s Long Jump
1) Janara Bryant, Mount Olive
2) Channie Jefferson, Mount Olive
3) Haniyyah Johnson, Mount Olive

Men’s Long Jump
1) Kaden Gamble, Converse
2) Omarion Belton, Converse
3) Dayzhaun Gooding-Williams, Belmont Abbey

Men’s Pole Vault
1) Kelly Hay, Belmont Abbey*
2) Cole Thomas, UNC Pembroke
3) Elijah Barnette, UNC Pembroke

Women’s Pole Vault
1) Carina Fiorucci, UNC Pembroke
2) Allison Irick, Converse
3) Jenna Rolen, Shorter

Women’s 5,000m
1) Moureen Kimaiyo, UNC Pembroke
2)  Cicily Anderton, North Greenville
3) Ashley Sosa, Converse

Men’s 5,000m
1) Ronan O’Neill, Southern Wesleyan
2) Norman Junker, UNC Pembroke
3) Isaac Reyna, Lees-McRae