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Emory, Va.----The three-time defending champion Wingate University outdoor track and field teams both hold large leads after the first day of the 2026 South Atlantic Conference outdoor championship meet Wednesday. Emory & Henry College is hosting this year's SAC extravaganza inside the Food City Sports Complex.
 
On the men's leader board, NCAA No. 6 Wingate has 77 points. Anderson is second with 29 points, while host Emory & Henry is third with 28 points. On the women's charts, Wingate has 81 points. Catawba is second with 44 points, while UVA Wise is third with 18 points.
 
The Bulldogs won both 3000-meter steeplechase titles. Firdaouss Hriche won the women's 3000-meter steeplechase for the second year in a row with a time of 11:02.53. Julio Espinoza won the men's 3000-meter steeplechase with his time of 9:23.62. Joaquin Campos won the men's 10000 meters with his time of 30:50.25.
 
Ally Holmberg had a big day. She leads the heptathlon with 2988 points through five events. Holmberg won the heptathlon 200 meters with her time of 25.43, while finishing in the top three in the other four contests. Holmberg finished second in the women's long jump with her mark of 5.82 meters.
 
Wingate women's SAC championship notes, Wednesday edition
 
- Wingate student-athletes finished 1-2-3 in the 3000-meter steeplechase
- Karlijn Mesman finished second in the 3000-meter steeplechase (11:09.20)
- Maria Chacha claimed fourth place in the same event (11:10.85)
- Amber Lawless earned a silver medal in the discus throw (39.79 meters)
- Judith Vaquero finished fourth in the discus throw (37.82 meters)
- Sofi Diop and Claire Davisson took fifth and sixth, respectively, in the long jump
- Wednesday marks: Diop (5.43 meters), Davisson (5.42 meters)
- Abigail Bester finished second in the grueling 10,000 meters (36.24.85)
- Imane Jourji (36:47.43) and Anna Martin (36:50.85) took fourth and fifth
- Gracie Stinson finished fourth in the hammer throw (41.11 meters)
 
Wingate women's SAC championship preliminaries, Wednesday edition
 
- Madison Outen qualified for the 100-meter dash finals (11.87, PR)
- Dounia Routbi had the top qualifying time in the 100-meter hurdles (13.55)
- Routbi's Wednesday time is a new school record and a personal-best mark for the senior
- Sofi Diop also qualified for the 100-meter hurdles final (14.62, PR)
- Natalie Pinzan made the finals in the 200-meter dash (24.72, PR)
- Pinzan led three Bulldogs who made the 400 meters final (56.01, PR)
- Corinne Cotton and Taylor Wilson also made the 400 meters final
- Wednesday times: Cotton (56.73, PR), Wilson (58.46)
- Hoyane Esper and Dounia Routbi qualified for the 400-meter hurdles final
- Wednesday times: Esper (1:01.80), Routbi (1:02.07)
- Evie Brooks made the 800 meters final (2:17.32)
- Six Bulldogs made the 1500 meters championship final
- Natalie Bogdanova Kirilova led the way, thanks to her personal-best time of 4:42.96
 
Wingate men's SAC championship notes, Wednesday edition

- Three Bulldogs finished in the top four of the 3000-meter steeplechase
- Samuel Gilson earned the silver medal in the steeplechase (9:24.69)
- Nate Olsen finished fourth in the 3000-meter steeplechase (9:41.56)
- Micah Walker took fourth place in the discus throw (45.47 meters)
- Mateo de Castro Navarro finished fifth in the discus throw (43.16 meters)
- Jamez Jordan finished fifth in the hammer throw (50.72 meters)
- Dequan Thompson finished fourth in the long jump (6.88 meters)
- Tyler Burnett was next, taking fifth in the same event (6.87 meters)
- Charlie Stephenson finished second to Campos in the 10,000 meters (31:03.92)
- Alexis Collomb finished fourth in the 10,000 meters (31:12.90)
 
Wingate men's SAC championship preliminaries, Wednesday edition
 
- Jacoby Craig qualified for the 100-meter hurdles final (14.43, PR)
- Avery Bennett made the finals in the 400 meters (48.99)
- Keion Adams qualified for the 400-meter hurdles final (57.18)
- Three Wingate runners made the 800 meters championship final
- Levente Palvolgyi led the way, thanks to his Wednesday time of 1:54.99
- Klaus Scholz (1:55.18) and Aleix Lago (1:55.37) also qualified for 800 final
- Eight 'Dogs made the 1500 meters final with WU posting the top three times
- Mohamed Dahmouch had the top qualifying time with his 4:01.07 mark
- Niels Peeters had the No. 2 qualifying time with his time of 4:01.44
- The SAC championship meet concludes Thursday with a full day of activity
 
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