ROCK HILL, S.C. – Queens has been picked as the favorites to win the 2019-20 South Atlantic Conference Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship, according to the preseason coaches' poll released today.
The defending champions earned 109 points in the poll, including nine of eleven first place votes.
Lenoir-Rhyne earned the No. 2 spot with 101 points and two first place votes, while Wingate placed third in the poll with 93 points.
Tusculum came in at No. 4 with 77 points, followed by Catawba at No. 5 with 71 points and Carson-Newman at No. 6 with 69 points.
Coker took the No. 7 spot with 54 points, while Anderson earned the No. 8 spot with 45 points. Mars Hill followed close at No. 9 with 42 points and Lincoln Memorial placed 10th with 34 points.
Newberry rounded out the ranking at No. 11 with 20 points.
The 2019-20 SAC Indoor Track and Field Championships will take place on Feb. 29-March 1 at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. Below is a list of the top athletes to watch from each SAC institution.
2019 SAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Poll
Rank School Score 1st Place Votes
1 Queens 109 9
2 Lenoir-Rhyne 101 2
3 Wingate 93 0
4 Tusculum 77 0
5 Catawba 71 0
6 Carson-Newman 69 0
7 Coker 54 0
8 Anderson 45 0
9 Mars Hill 42 0
10 Lincoln Memorial34 0
11 Newberry 20 0
Preseason South Atlantic Conference Watch List
Anderson
Distance: Olivia Evans
Field: Katie Landry
Carson-Newman
Sprints: Tia Davis
Distance: Rachel Strayer
Field: Nathalie Schmacher
Catawba
Field: MeKayla White
Coker
Sprints: Calene Lazare
Distance: Destiny Ingram
Field: Asante Rice
Lenoir-Rhyne
Pentathlon: Savannah Watkins
Distance: Janet Kwambai
Field: Autumn Drayton
Lincoln Memorial
Sprints: Olivia Scott
Distance: Kiley Holmes
Field: Lauren Smith
Queens
Sprints: Jenny Kohne
Distance: Stevie Lawrence-Wrist
Field: Elise Ulseth
Tusculum
Sprints: Hachlaine Petit
Distance: Nicole McMillan
Field: Destini Wilson
Wingate
Sprints: Tamerah Sebree
Distance: Franziska Althaus
Field: Carly Platt
