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RESULTS | SAC championships
 
Anderson, S.C.----The Wingate University women's track and field team occupies first place after day one of the 2023 South Atlantic Conference outdoor championships Wednesday. Wingate collected 69 points. Lenoir-Rhyne (44 points) and Catawba (32 points) are second and third, respectively. Anderson University is hosting this year's event at the AU Track Complex.
 
Wingate women's highlights WEDNESDAY FINALS
 
- Enora Toupin won the 3000 meter steeplechase with her gold-medal time of 11:14.42
- Meg Rapley took third place (11:30.69) as the 'Dogs had four of the top six finishers
- Esma Pajt won the hammer throw with her triumphant toss of 51.99 meters
- Victoria McEachern claimed the hammer throw bronze medal (46.65 meters)
- Laila Abouzaid finished second in the 10,000 meters with her time of 36:46.46
- Mollie Scott was third in the same event with her time of 36:50.12
- Lauryn Tumey Ursery and Tatjana Mense finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 10K
- Lexie May (fifth) and Ahata Laska (eighth) earned team points in the javelin
 
Wingate women's highlights WEDNESDAY PRELIMINARIES
 
- Abby Heath had the fastest qualifying time in the 400 meter hurdles (1:04.56)
- Dounia Routbi recorded a 1:06.00 mark in the same event
- The 'Dogs will have four student-athletes in the 400 meter hurdles' final
- Wingate will have five competitors in Thursday's 1500 meters' final
- Sira Bo had the top WU time with her mark of 4:47.39
- Brooklyn Pierce (4:48.48) and Zoe Brickley (4:48.70) joined Bo in the 1500 top seven
- Naiobi White will race in the 100 (11.94) and 200 meter (24.55) finals
- Ona Alonso (2:18.46) and Pierce (2:18.63) qualified for the 800 meter finals
- Hoyane Esper grabbed a spot in the 100 meter hurdles' final (15.05)
 
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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