RESULTS | SAC Championships
 
Hickory, N.C.----Both Wingate University track and field teams finished second in the 2021 South Atlantic Conference championship meets at the Irwin Belk Track Sunday. Graduate student Vanisha Wilshire won the women's high jump and triple jump Sunday to lead the Bulldog charge.
 
Queens University of Charlotte won the men's and women's team titles. The Royals had 182 points on the men's side. The Bulldogs were next with 150 points. Carson-Newman, Limestone and Catawba claimed third, fourth and fifth place, respectively. Queens posted 228 points to take the women's crown. Wingate finished second with 117 markers. Lenoir-Rhyne, Anderson and Limestone occupied spots three through five.
 
Wilshire started her day by winning the high jump with a season-best leap of 1.76 meters. Her mark is the second-best in the NCAA Division II this season. Azusa Pacific sophomore Chinenye Agina and Kutztown senior Rebecca Hemingway have cleared 1.77 meters this year. Wilshire's career-best mark is 1.81 meters (2018 NCAA meet in Charlotte).
 
Wilshire won the triple jump with her leap of 11.94 meters. Earlier in the day, she finished third in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 5.76 meters. Wilshire's previous best long jump was 5.70 meters (2018 SAC meet in Charlotte).
 
In addition to Wilshire's two gold medals, Wingate collected five silver medals Sunday (three men's, two women's). On the men's side, graduate students Elliot Zirwas and Tai Smith finished second in the shot put (16.03 meters) and the 5000 meters (14:28.17, NCAA provisional qualifying time), respectively. Sophomore Elijah Compton finished second in the 110-meter hurdles (14.55 PR).
 
Sophomore Meg Rapley finished second in the women's 1500 meters with a personal-record time of 4:40.88. She shaved seven seconds from her previous personal-best mark. Junior Franziska Althaus contributed a second-place finish in the women's 5000 meters with her time of 17:42.93.
 
South Atlantic Conference championships
Wingate men's track and field Sunday highlights
 
Long jump, 7th, Timothy Young, 6.94 meters (PR)
 
Shot put, 2nd, Elliot Zirwas, 16.03 meters
Shot put, 3rd, Tucker Mullis, 15.80 meters (PR)
 
Pole vault, 7th, Andy Kopp, 3.85 meters
Pole vault, 8th, Vince Frattaroli, 3.85 meters
 
Triple jump, 4th, Trevor Grant, 14.06 meters (PR)
Triple jump, 8th, Timothy Young, 13.28 meters
 
Discus, 3rd, Elliot Zirwas, 48.67 meters
Discus, 7th, Jackson Ramey, 40.95 meters (PR)
 
4x100 meter relay, 7th, Wingate (Lepkowski, Holman, Kramer, Jennings), 43.60
 
1500 meters, 3rd, Jakob Rettschlag, 3:54.18
1500 meters, 6th, Bastian Mrochen, 3:57.38
 
110-meter hurdles, 2nd, Elijah Compton, 14.55 (PR)
110-meter hurdles, 6th, Demond Cooper, 14.87 (PR)
 
400 meters, 8th, Joshua Tiller, 52.57
 
800 meters, 5th, Jakob Rettschlag, 1:57.22
 
5000 meters, 2nd, Tai Smith, 14:28.17 (NCAA PQ)
5000 meters, 3rd, Jereamy Hall, 14:41.79
5000 meters, 4th, Micah Kipchumba, 14:41.80
5000 meters, 5th, Bastian Mrochen, 14:47.23
 
4x400 meter relay, 5th, Wingate (Allen, Cooper, Tiller, Burks), 3:22.20
 
South Atlantic Conference championships
Wingate women's track and field Sunday highlights
 
Long jump, 3rd, Vanisha Wilshire, 5.76 meters (PR)
Long jump, 8th, Ennessey Sorrells, 5.34 meters (PR)
 
Discus, 8th, Carly Platt, 36.80 meters
 
High jump, 1st, Vanisha Wilshire, 1.76 (NCAA PQ)
 
Shot put, 7th, Carly Platt, 12.33 meters
 
Triple jump, 1st, Vanisha Wilshire, 11.94 meters
Triple jump, 5th, Ennessey Sorrells, 11.42 meters (PR)
 
1500 meters, 2nd, Meg Rapley, 4:40.88 (PR by seven seconds)
1500 meters, 8th, Tatjana Mense, 4:49.18 (PR)
 
400 meters, 4th, Abby Heath, 59.02 (PR)
400 meters, 5th, Catherine Bradsher, 59.28 (PR)
400 meters, 7th, Tori Robinson, 59.46
 
100-meter dash, 3rd, Tamerah Sebree, 11.99
 
400-meter hurdles (prelims), 4th, Caroline Saetre, 1:06.34 (PR)
400-meter hurdles (prelims), 5th, Jasmine Dunlap, 1:08.65
 
5000 meters, 2nd, Franziska Althaus, 17:42.93
5000 meters, 7th, Ashleigh Thomson, 18:18.29
 
4x400 meter relay, 4th, Wingate (Heath, Bradsher, Dunlap, Robinson), 4:00.69

Just the facts...Wingate top 10 outdoor performances this weekend
 
MEN
Soheil Boufrizi, Steeplechase, 9:27.98 #3
Elijah Compton, 110m Hurdles, 14.55 #2
Elijah Compton, 400m Hurdles, 58.76 #10
Demond Cooper, 110m Hurdles, 14.87 #3
Vince Frattaroli, Pole Vault, 3.85m #2
Trevor Grant, Triple Jump, 14.06m #6
Dalton Miles, Steeplechase, 9:34.27 #4
Tucker Mullis, Shot Put, 15.80m #2
Tucker Mullis, Hammer, 45.92m #7
Tucker Mullis, Discus, 39.50m #10
Jackson Ramey, Shot Put, 13.31m #8
Jackson Ramey, Discus, 40.95m #6
Yonas Sauers, 10000m, 32:27.28 #10
Josh Tiller, 400m, 50.58 #8
Saul Valdez, 10000m, 31:39.53 #8
Tim Young, Long Jump, 6.94m #5
Elliot Zirwas, Hammer, 50.97m #4
 
WOMEN
 
Catherine Bradsher, 400m, 59.28 #10
Danielle Crawford, Hammer, 39.67m #9
Abby Heath, 400m, 59.02 #9
Abby Jeske, 10000m, 38:53.43 #6
Tatjana Mense, 1500m, 4:49.18 #6
Nia Portis, Long Jump, 5.22m #7
Meg Rapley, Steeplechase, 10:58.08 (School Record, NCAA Provisional Qualifier)
Meg Rapley, 1500m, 4:40.88 #2
Caroline Saetre, Long Jump, 5.19m #9
Caroline Saetre, 400m Hurdles, 1:06.34 #3
Caroline Saetre, Triple Jump, 10.74m #9
Mollie Scott, 10000m, 36:54.18 #2
Ennessey Sorrells, Long Jump, 5.34m #5
Ennessey Sorrells, Triple Jump, 11.42m #3
Ashleigh Thomson, 10000m, 37:21.13 #3
Anna Torras, Steeplechase, 12:07.62 #6
Lauryn Tumey, 10000m, 37:23.14 #4
Vanisha Wilshire, Long Jump, 5.76m #2

KEY
PR-Collegiate personal-record mark
NCAA PQ-NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark