SAC Indoor T&F results
SAC Indoor T&F team scores
 
Winston-Salem, N.C.----The Wingate University women's indoor track and field team won four events Sunday on the way to the South Atlantic Conference indoor championship title at the JDL Fast Track. Wingate student-athletes won the mile, the 3000 meters, the high jump and the shot put on day two of the two-day event.
 
The Bulldogs filled three-of-three podium spots in the 3000 meters and the shot put. Wingate collected 203 points, outdistancing second-place Lenoir-Rhyne by 69.5 points. Catawba finished a distant third with 80 points. Twelve teams participated in this year's SAC indoor championship meet.
 
Mile and 3000 meters
 
Freshman Ona Alonso won the mile with her time of 5:03.50. Senior Zoe Brickley finished third with her time of 5:05.03. Wingate senior Amber Scott (sixth) and sophomore Enora Toupin (eighth) also scored points in the mile.
 
Graduate student Lauryn Tumey Ursery claimed the 3000 meters' gold medal with her time of 9:59.95. Sophomore Grace Burrell and junior Mollie Scott finished second (10:00.75) and third (10:02.15), respectively. Brickley and senior classmate Tatjana Mense finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
 
High jump and shot put
 
Graduate student Moena Battle won the high jump with her mark of 1.68 meters. Junior Valerie Daehler was second at 1.65 meters. Fourth-place WU freshman Judith Vaquero gave the 'Dogs three student-athletes in the top four with her mark of 1.62 meters.
 
Senior Danielle Crawford defended her 2022 SAC indoor shot put title with her mark of 13.40 meters. Senior Carly Platt and freshman Amber Lawless finished second (12.68) and third (12.63), respectively. The Bulldogs had five student-athletes place in the shot put top seven, as senior Victoria McEachern (sixth) and Vaquero (seventh) also scored points in the event.
 
Additional Wingate notes
 
- Daehler collected two silver medals Sunday, as she finished second in the triple jump (11.51 meters)
- Senior Meg Rapley and freshman Sira Bo took second (2:18.35) and third (2:19.15), respectively, in the 800 meters
- Graduate student Abby Heath finished fourth in the 400 meters (58.22)
- Heath ran the first leg on Wingate's third-place 4x400 meter relay quartet (3:30.73)
- She was joined by sophomore Naiobi White and freshmen Kennedy Rivers and Hoyane Esper

What They Are Saying
Wingate senior student-athlete Danielle Crawford

"After not competing since the VMI meet in January, due to an injury, I was very nervous entering this meet. I was not expecting a personal-best mark in either event. I had a massive PR in the weight throw Saturday and I knew I was ready to come into the shot put today. Wingate swept the podium in the shot put and I am so unbelievably happy!"
 
"This weekend at the SAC championships was an amazing experience. Every single person on this team worked extremely hard all season long to make it to this day. As for the throwers, I could not be prouder of them! Each and every one of us had great throws and great competition. After a long and grueling season, I'm proud today that each and every one of the throwers came into that competition ready to win and that's exactly what we did."  
 
Wingate graduate student-athlete Lauryn Tumey Ursery

"This was a great weekend for the Bulldogs. The team really came together and I had the best time running with my friends and having the support all around me. I am so happy to see how far this team has come and how far they will go. As this is my last indoor race for Wingate, I was very happy to finish with an individual win and a team win."

Wingate University
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a laboratory of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina. Wingate offers 38 undergraduate majors as well as seven master's and four doctoral degrees. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences; the Levine College of Health Sciences; the Byrum School of Business; the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences. 

Wingate is a leader in healthcare education, and nearly one in five Wingate undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 25 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award for 14 years straight. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.