Lenoir-Rhyne and Wingate Slated as Top Teams in the 2023 SAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Poll

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Lenoir-Rhyne and Wingate have been picked as the top teams in the 2023 South Atlantic Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Poll, the League announced today.  Both the Bears and the Bulldogs picked up six first place votes and received 116 points each from the League's head coaches. 

Catawba placed third in the poll with 95 points and Anderson took the No. 4 spot with 86 points. Carson-Newman came in fifth with 84 points, followed by Limestone at No. 6 with 71 points.

Newberry took the No. 7 spot with 62 points and at No. 8 was Lincoln Memorial with 50 points.  Tusculum earned 38 points to come in at No. 9, while Coker finished at 36 points in tenth.  Mars Hill had 23 points in the No. 11 spot and Emory & Henry rounded out the poll with 15 points at No. 12.

The 2023 SAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place on May 3-4 at the Anderson Track on the campus of Anderson University in Anderson, S.C.

Below is a look at the top athletes from each member institution. 

Anderson
Track: Lacey Boozer
Track: Olivia Rish
Field: Sarah Wimpee

Carson-Newman
Track: Sade De Sousa
Field: Abby Owens  

Catawba
Track: Raina Andrews
Track: Samantha Payne
Field: MeKayla White

Coker
Track: Massassi Maxwell-Smith

Emory & Henry
Track: Madison Ricketts
Track: Delaney Eller
Track: Scarlett Eversley
Field: Taylorann Cash

Lenoir-Rhyne
Track: Alexis Brown
Track: Melody Jones
Field: Kennedy Conner

Limestone
Track: Amari Smith
Field: Daryn McDonald 

Lincoln Memorial
Track: Destiny Gibbs
Track: Brooke Foster

Mars Hill
Field: Alina Mueller

Newberry
Track: Sarah Abumere
Track: Jada Johnson
Field: Irma Watson-Perez

Tusculum
Track: Emily Coddington
Field: Aliyah Adderley 

Wingate
Track: Zoe Brickley
Track: Valerie Daehler
Field: Carly Platt

2023 Women's Outdoor Track and Field Preseason Poll

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