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Emory & Henry Men's Indoor Track & Field Picked Ninth In SAC Coaches Poll

Zedrick Yeboah completes a turn.

ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Emory & Henry College Men's Indoor Track and Field Team has been picked to finish ninth in the South Atlantic Conference this year by the league's head coaches. The poll was released by the SAC office on Monday.

RELATED – SAC Preseason Poll & Athletes to Watch List

E&H will compete in its second year as a member of the South Atlantic Conference during the 2023-24 season as it continues the transition from Division III to Division II. 

Wingate University, the defending SAC Champion, is picked to win the league with 11 of 13 first-place votes. Lenoir-Rhyne University is second, receiving the other two first-place votes, 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 sophomore Tyrique Taylor (Christiansburg, Va.) along with freshmen Drew Craft (Covington, Va.), Kaleb Elswick (Big Rock, Va.) and Jackson Swanson (Salem, Va.)  making the list for E&H. 

Emory & Henry will be in action this weekend (Dec. 8-9) when it makes the trip to Salem, Va. to compete in the Bast-Cregger Invitational hosted by former Old Dominion Athletic Conference foe Roanoke College. 

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2023-24 SAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll

Rank

School (FPV)

Points

1.

Wingate (11)

143

2.

Lenoir-Rhyne (2)

133

3.

Carson-Newman

120

4

Catawba

106

5.

Limestone

102

6.

Anderson (S.C.)

84

7.

Tusculum

80

8.

Newberry

66

9.

Emory & Henry

52

10.

Lincoln Memorial

46

11.

Mars Hill

35

12.

Coker

24

13.

UVA Wise

15

 

2023-24 SAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes to Watch

Anderson (S.C.)

Elliot Dotson

Lambdin Hardy

 

Carson-Newman

Dawson Jones

Femi Richards

 

Catawba

Erick Ramirez-Ramos

Javier Gomez-Wilson

Barja Walter

Coker

Jeffrey Stiles

Phillip Davis


    

Emory & Henry

Drew Craft

Kaleb Elswick

Jackson Swanson

Tyrique Taylor

    

Lenoir-Rhyne

Trent Davis II

Marcus Crumpler

Nurain Musa

Limestone

Lloyd McCurdy

Evan Wells

Rashane Bartlett

 

Lincoln Memorial

Spencer Baldwin

Vincent Quilici

Hank Fisher

 

Mars Hill

Jesse Shelton

Jackson McClain

Newberry

Parker Pitts

Kalyn Cook

Noel Asiedu

 

Tusculum

Isaiah Olson

Lansford Cunningham

 

UVA Wise

Maddox Reynolds

Patrick Shelley

Wingate

Elijah Compton

Dequan Thompson