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Hickory, N.C.----The defending champion Wingate University outdoor track and field teams look to defend their titles this week, as the Bulldogs journey to the Irwin Belk Track at the Moretz Sports Athletic Campus for the 2025 South Atlantic Conference outdoor championship meet Wednesday and Thursday. Both Wingate teams claimed the top spot in the 2024 SAC outdoor event contested inside the same venue.
 
The Bulldog men's outdoor track and field team is ranked No. 3 in the latest edition of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division II ratings index. The Wingate men and women are No. 1 in their respective Southeast Region listings.
  
Defending individual champions
 
Wingate welcomes back six '24 SAC outdoor individual champions. They include:
 
Titouan Le Grix (men's 1500 meters)
Levente Palvolgyi (men's 800 meters)
 
Sira Bo (women's 3000 meter steeplechase)
Assiya ElHafyan (women's high jump)
Kyarra Newton (women's heptathlon)
Judith Vaquero (women's discus throw)
 
Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. 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.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 29 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 16 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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