Women's Indoor Track and Field Takes Second, Men Take Fourth at AAC Championships
WINSTON-SALEM, NC- After two days of competition at the JDL fast-track, the Women's Indoor track and field posted a team score of 159 points, earning second place, while Milligan repeats as Champion with 182 points.
On the men's side, the Koalas earned 64 team points, claiming fourth place in a field of 12.
The women saw three individual champions; Mackenzie Pringle (12.16 meters) took first in the triple jump and claimed Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Freshman of the Year honors, while Kayla Ferrell took first in the 400 with a time of 1:01.89, Ainhoa Colino also took gold in the 3000-meter Race Walk at 16:35.80.
The men took gold in the 4x400 relay event, with the team of Kimarje White, Kendall Stroman, Xavier Linen, and Caleb Bailey posting a time of 3:23.75.
Several Koalas made their way to the podium for both the men and the women.
- Ashante Shaw, 3rd place 200 meters (26.57)
- Mackenzie Pringle, 2nd place 60-meter hurdles (9.01)
- Kayla Ferrell, Ashante Shaw, Ameerah King, Latrice Brown, Women's 4x400 meter relay, 3rd place (4:23.60)
- Ameerah King, Carly Fuel, Angeline Kravitz, Addison Martin, Women's 4x800 meter relay, 2nd place (10:50.12)
- Carly Fuel, Myikayla Howard, Addison Martin, Angeline Kravitz, Women's Distance Medley (13:51.81)
- Mackenzie Pringle, 2nd place long jump (5.19 meters)
- Darci Dawson, 2nd place shot put (12.89 meters)
- Zaida Carson, 3rd place shot put (12.33 meters)
- Darci Dawson, 3rd place weight throw (15.49 meters)
- Victoria Heiser-Whatley, 2nd place 3000-meter race walk (16:43.24)
- Jessica Heiser-Whatley, 2nd place 3000-meter race walk (17:22.77)
- Dorde Racic, 2nd place 3000-meter race walk (16:38.89)
Women's Freshman Of the Year- Mackenzie Pringle, Columbia
Team Runner-up- Columbia
Team Champion - Milligan
Full meet results can be found here.