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 |
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| Coker Jeremiah Harris Luke Baker |
Emory & Henry Gavin Lee Samuel Tindall Zavery Wallace Zedrick Yeboah |
Lenoir-Rhyne Sulaimane Bangura Dario Matau Jacob Wadsworth |
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| Limestone Che Lara Lloyd McCurdy |
Lincoln Memorial Spencer Baldwin Anthony Jordan |
Mars Hill Jared Benain Levi Huggins |
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| Newberry Jace Hunter |
Tusculum Antonio Aparicio Adrian Gumm |
Wingate Hamza Chahid Tucker Mullis Darius Weathers |