Posted: Feb 17, 2019
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Winston-Salem, N.C. – The University of Mount Olive men's track & field team won the 2018-19 Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championship on Sunday in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Championship is the sixth in program history. The Trojans also captured Freshman of the Year, Track Athlete of the Year and Coach of the Year Honors.
MEET INFORMATION
Results
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C.
INSIDE THE RESULTS
| Place | Team | Points |
| 1st | Mount Olive | 221.5 |
| 2nd | Limestone | 95 |
| 3rd | North Greenville | 88.5 |
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| 5000m |
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| Tai Smith | 16:12.60 | 1st | |
| Daniel Francken | 16:12.87 | 2nd | |
| Branson Oduor | 16:13.10 | 3rd | |
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Jacob Willis | 4:21.30 | 1st |
| Tai Smith | 4:21.47 | 2nd | |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 4:27.58 | 3rd | |
| 60m Hurdles |
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| Demond Cooper | 8.33 | 3rd | |
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| 400m | |||
| Johnny Middlebrooks | 48.97 | 1st | |
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| 60m | |||
| Zach Jenkins | 6.98 | 2nd | |
| 800m | |||
| Altan Cornu | 1:57.65 | 1st | |
| Richard Fisher | 1:59.35 | 3rd | |
| 200m | |||
| Johnny Middlebrooks | 21.95 | 2nd | |
| 3000m | |||
| Jacob Gonzalez | 9:00.47 | 1st | |
| Jacob Willis | 9:09.40 | 2nd | |
| Jay Hall | 9:09.60 | 3rd | |
| 4x400m | |||
| Johnny Middlebrooks Lukas Peter Arne Leppelsack Tedric Shannon |
3:21.65 | 1st | |
| Pole Vault | |||
| Martin Bayles | 4.43m | 1st | |
| Tanner Smith | 4.13m | 3rd | |
| Long Jump | |||
| Trevor Carr | 7.17m | 3rd | |
| Triple Jump | |||
| Trevor Carr | 14.51m | 2nd |
MEN'S NOTABLES
- UMO won 20 individual medals during the championship.
- Tai Smith, Jacob Willis, Johnny Middlebrooks, Altan Cornu, Jacob Gonzalez, Lukas Peter, Arne Leppelsack, Tedric Shannon, and Martin Bayles all became Conference Champions winning their events.
- Jay Hall was named Freshman of the Year, Johnny Middlebrooks was named Track Athlete of the Year, and Head Coach Matt van Lierop was named Coach of the Year.
UP NEXT
- Mount Olive will wait to see if any of their NCAA Provisional qualifying marks will make the field at the 2019 NCAA DII Indoor National Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas March 8-9. Some Trojans, including Leah Hanle, have already punched their ticket with automatic qualifying marks earlier in the season.
- UMO Opens the outdoor season March 1 at the UNC-Pembroke Dual at the Ray McDonald Sr Sports Complex.