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SLOAN LEADS TROJANS TO 2ND PLACE CONFERENCE FINISH

SLOAN LEADS TROJANS TO 2ND PLACE CONFERENCE FINISH

BANNER ELK, N.C. -- Lauren Sloan earned Freshman of the Year and Field Athlete of the Year honors this past weekend as the Trojan men's and women's track and field teams competed in the inagural Conference Carolinas Tournament at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. Sloan competed in four events with three first place finishes and a fifth place finish, with two events coming on day two and two events on day one, garnering 32 total points. The Trojan women's team missed winning the Conference Championship by just 4 points, falling short of winner Limestone. Host Lees-McRae finished with enough points to grab a third place finish To start her day to off, Sloan won the women's discus with a distance of 37.75m. Limestone's Whittney Brewton finished second with a 35.95m toss, and Mount Olive's Shae Garner finished thirdr with a distance of 31.70m. In her second event, the javelin, she finished fifth with a 20.70m throw. Katelyn Rodgers of Anderson won the event with a distance of 27.29m; Erin Tyler finished second with a distance of 27.00m and Meagan Rodrigues finished third with a distance of 26.16 meters. On day one, Sloan won the women's hammer and the women's shot put. Barbee started her day off in the 4x100m relay where her and teammates Jenny Altieri, Sam McGowan and Jalisa Samuels won the event with a time of 49.34, which is a new facilities record. Anderson's team finished second with a time of 51.89, and Mount Olive took third with a time of 52.09. Barbee followed the record-breaking performance with a first place finish in the 100m dash to earn the title "the fastest woman in the Conference Carolinas" with a time of 12.45. Queens' Ariel Darden finished second with a time of 12.67, and Jessica Goodwater from Queens finished third with a time of 13.08. She then added wins at the 400m dash and 200m dash to cap off her day. Her 400m time was 58.35, and her 200m time was 25.32. In the 400m, teammate Jalisa Samuels finished second with a time of 59.92, and Rebecca Ford of Lees-McRae finished third with a time of 1:00.02. In the 200m, Darden finished second with a time of 26.09, and Samuels finished third with a time of 26.20. Another notable finish in the meet was Ariel Woodard-Stephens with an 11.89m triple jump. The distance is an NCAA provisional mark and a new facilities record. Altieri also set a new facilities record in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.82, and Jamie Pointer set another facilities record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:07.44. Compete Results Conference Carolinas Women's Track and Field Championship Results 1. Limestone 158 2. Anderson 154 3. Lees-McRae 139 4. Queens 64 5. Mount Olive 60 6. St. Andrews 30