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Emory & Henry Men's Outdoor Track & Field Selected 10th In SAC Preseason Poll

Zedrick Yeboah sprinting.

ROCK HILL, S.C.The Emory & Henry College Men's Outdoor Track & Field Team has been picked to finish 10th 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 second at the 2022 SAC Championships, is picked to win the league with 11 of 12 first-place votes. Lenoir-Rhyne University, who picked up the other first-place nod, is second while Carson-Newman University is third. Catawba College 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 Zavery Wallace (Buena Vista, Va.) along with freshman Samuel Tindall (Fort Defiance, Va.) making the list for E&H. 

Emory & Henry will open the outdoor season at the Doc Jopson Invitational on March 25. The meet will be hosted by former Old Dominion Athletic Conference foe Bridgewater College.

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2022-23 SAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Poll

Rank School (FPV) Points
1. Wingate (11) 121
2. Lenoir-Rhyne (1) 111
3. Carson-Newman 98
4 Catawba 88
5. Limestone 86
6. Tusculum 66
7. Newberry 58
8. Anderson (S.C.) 54
9. Lincoln Memorial 42
10. Emory & Henry 28
11. Coker 22
12. Mars Hill 17

 

2022-23 SAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes to Watch

Anderson (S.C.)
Spain Vaughan
Lambdin Hardy

  Carson-Newman
Devon Moore
Shane Connell

  Catawba
Brien Pittman
Rashun Noble
Everette Rhymer
Coker
Jeremiah Harris
Luke Baker


     Emory & Henry
Gavin Lee
Samuel Tindall
Zavery Wallace
Zedrick Yeboah
     Lenoir-Rhyne
Sulaimane Bangura
Dario Matau
Jacob Wadsworth

Limestone
Che Lara
Lloyd McCurdy

  Lincoln Memorial
Spencer Baldwin
Anthony Jordan

  Mars Hill
Jared Benain
Levi Huggins

Newberry
Jace Hunter


  Tusculum
Antonio Aparicio
Adrian Gumm

  Wingate
Hamza Chahid
Tucker Mullis
Darius Weathers