November 29, 2017

Lions slated ninth in SAC preseason poll

The Mars Hill women's indoor track & field team was selected in ninth place as voted on by the South Atlantic Conference's head coaches, announced on Wednesday morning.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) - Wingate has been picked to win the 2017-18 South Atlantic Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship as voted by the League's head coaches, the League announced today. The Bulldogs picked up eight top votes and received 107 points from the panel.

Queens placed second in the poll with two first-place votes and 102 points, ahead of Coker, who notched 89 points. Lenoir-Rhyne landed at No. 4 with one top-vote and 88 points and Anderson rounded out the top five with 74 points.

At No. 6 in the poll was Carson-Newman with 73 points, while Lincoln Memorial's 44 points was good for the No. 7 slot. Tusculum came in at No. 8 as it picked up 40 points. Mars Hill was selected at the No. 9 position as it received 38 points. Catawba was voted No. 10 with 32 points and Newberry rounded out the list with 27 points.

The 2017-18 South Atlantic Conference Indoor Track and Field season marks the inaugural year for the sport in the South Atlantic Conference. The season is set to get underway on Saturday, Dec. 2 with many of the League's member institutions competing at the JDL Kick Off Classic. Below is a look at some of the top athletes from the South Atlantic Conference:

Anderson

Sprinter: Jasmine Barmore

Field: JoLyn Copeland

Distance: Haylee Love

Carson-Newman

Sprinter: Tia Davis

Field: Tori Gaul

Coker

Sprinter Noelia Leake

Distance: Darroneshia Lott

Lenoir-Rhyne

Sprinter: Sarai Hayes