ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Emory & Henry College Men's Indoor Track and Field Team has been picked to finish 12th in the South Atlantic Conference this year by the league's head coaches. The poll was released by the SAC office on Friday.
RELATED – SAC Preseason Poll & Athletes to Watch List
E&H will compete in its first year as a member of the South Atlantic Conference during the 2022-23 season as it continues the transition from Division III to Division II.
Wingate University, which finished third at the 2022 SAC Championships, is picked to win the league with eight of 12 first-place votes. Lenoir-Rhyne University is second while Limestone University is third, earning four first-place votes. Carson-Newman University rounds out the top-four positions.
Additionally, the SAC has announced its Athletes to Watch List with sophomores Gavin Lee (North Tazewell, Va.), Zedrick Yeboah (Fredericksburg, Va.), and Hayden Oglesby (Virginia Beach, Va.) along with freshman T.J. Pecina (Saltville, Va.) making the list for E&H.
Emory & Henry will open the season at the JDL College Kick-Off on December 4. The meet will take place at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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2022-23 SAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll
| Rank | School (FPV) | Points |
| 1. | Wingate (8) | 129 |
| 2. | Lenoir-Rhyne | 117 |
| 3. | Limestone (4) | 107 |
| 4 | Carson-Newman | 105 |
| 5. | Catawba | 88 |
| 6. | Tusculum | 85 |
| 7. | Lincoln Memorial | 67 |
| 8. | Newberry | 62 |
| 9. | Anderson (S.C.) | 55 |
| 10. | Coker | 44 |
| 11. | Mars Hill | 38 |
| 12. | Emory & Henry | 21 |
2022-23 SAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes to Watch
| Anderson (S.C.) Spain Vaughn Simeon Respress |
Carson-Newman Makanakaishe Charamba Courtavious Garrett |
Catawba Oussama Ajala Javier Gomez-Wilson Barja Walter |
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| Coker Michael Early Gary Sampkins |
Emory & Henry Gavin Lee Hayden Oglesby T.J. Pecina Zedrick Yeboah |
Lenoir-Rhyne Jacob Wadsworth Trent Davis Lucas Besong Philip Stomne |
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| Limestone L.J. Gray Lloyd McCurdy Javaris Michael |
Lincoln Memorial Spencer Baldwin Nathan McBride |
Mars Hill Ethan Hill Levi Higgins |
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| Newberry Jace Hunter Shamar Brown |
Tusculum Jarvis Barber, Jr. Joshua Stevens |
Wingate Tucker Mullis Darius Weathers |