ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Emory & Henry College Women's Indoor Track and Field Team has been picked to finish 11th 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 NCAA Division III to Division II.
Defending SAC Champion Wingate University is picked to win the league with 11 of 13 first-place votes. Lenoir-Rhyne University is second with two first-place votes while Catawba College is third. Carson-Newman University rounds out the top four positions.
Additionally, the SAC has announced its Athletes to Watch List with sophomores Delaney Eller (Salem, Va.) and Scarlett Eversley (Dumfries, Va.) along with freshmen Jessi Looney (Vansant, Va.) and McKenzie Tate (Wytheville, Va.) making the list for the Wasps.
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 Women's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll
|
Rank |
School (FPV) |
Points |
|
1. |
Wingate (11) |
143 |
|
2. |
Lenoir-Rhyne (2) |
130 |
|
3. |
Catawba |
120 |
|
4 |
Carson-Newman |
112 |
|
5. |
Anderson (S.C.) |
104 |
|
6. |
Limestone |
85 |
|
7. |
Newberry |
71 |
|
8. |
Lincoln Memorial |
67 |
|
9. |
Tusculum |
59 |
|
10. |
Mars Hill |
46 |
|
11. |
Emory & Henry |
35 |
|
12. |
Coker |
26 |
|
13. |
UVA Wise |
16 |
2023-24 SAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Athletes to Watch
|
Anderson (S.C.) |
|
Carson-Newman Sade DeSousa Kadidja Sangare |
|
Catawba Raina Andrews Madison Clay Efemena Egberi |
|
Coker Jael Stauffer Arianna Williams |
|
Emory & Henry |
|
Lenoir-Rhyne Alexis Brown Melody Jones Holly Kone |
|
Limestone Amari Smith Daryn McDonald Kieayla Williams |
|
Lincoln Memorial Grace Rose Destiny Gibbs Sterling Webb |
|
Mars Hill Makayla Rogers Simone Giggetts |
|
Newberry Irma Watson Sarah Abumere Mia Dionisio
|
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Tusculum Kiera Taylor Kieley Smith |
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UVA Wise Madison Outland Nia Rogers |
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Wingate Naiobi White Valerie Daehler
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