NEWS | USTFCCCA All-American press release
NEWS | USTFCCCA All-Southeast Region presser
 
Wingate, N.C.----The 2023 indoor track and field season will go down as one to remember for the Wingate University Bulldogs. The South Atlantic Conference members won two national championships in the men's DMR and the men's 3000 meters last weekend. Freshman Hamza Chahid brought home two national champion trophies, while graduate student Moena Battle led the Wingate women with a bronze medal in the high jump.
 
In February, both Wingate teams won South Atlantic Conference titles for the first time in school history. The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) is taking notice of Wingate's unparalleled successes, as the organization gave 32 Bulldog student-athletes All-Southeast Region (SER) indoor laurels in 39 events.
 
Wingate men's notes
 
- Wingate's national champion DMR quartet earned first team AA and All-SER honors
- Team members: Lars Laros, Deon Sumpter, Jakob Rettschlag and Hamza Chahid
- Chahid was the indoor national champion and first team AA in the 3000 meters
- Chahid, Laros and Rettschlag earned All-SER in two individual events each
- All total, six Bulldogs won multiple All-SER laurels
- Chahid was All-SER in the mile and the 3000 meters
- Laros was All-SER in the mile and the 3000 meters as well
- Rettschlag was All-SER in the 800 meters and the mile
- Cas Kopmels was All-SER in the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters
- Scott Nutter joined Kopmels as first team All-SER in the same two events
- Dennis Trukawka was All-SER in the long jump and the heptathlon
- Trukawka won the SAC Elite 23 Award for men's track and field
- Eleven 'Dogs won one All-SER award each, led by NCAA qualifier Tyler Morris (TJ)
- DMR alternate Leo Freeland won an individual All-SER award in the mile
 
Wingate women's notes
 
- Wingate high jumper Moena Battle was first team AA and All-SER in her signature event
- Wingate's DMR squad earned All-SER distinction
- Team members: Sira Bo, Abby Heath, Zoe Brickley, Ona Alonso
- The Bulldog quartet received one All-SER individual honor each
- Alonso and Brickley were honored in the mile run
- Bo and Heath were tabbed in the 800 meters and the 400 meters, respectively
- All total, five Bulldogs won multiple All-SER laurels
- Grace Burrell joined Alonso, Bo, Brickley and Heath as a multiple All-SER award winner
- Burrell received her All-SER awards in the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters
- Nine Bulldogs won one All-SER award each, led by NCAA bronze medalist Battle (HJ)
 
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 the past 14 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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