Lenoir-Rhyne Outdoor Track And Field Has Very Strong Showing On The Final Day Of The 2016 SAC Championships
The Bears win four individual titles and a relay on the final day of the championships

Hickory, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Teams finished second and third, respectively, at the 2016 South Atlantic Championships which wrapped up Saturday at the Irwin Belk Track and Moretz Sports – Athletic Complex.

Queens won both the women's and men's championships.  The Royals' women's squad totaled 269 points and won their third straight league title while the Queens men's team edged out Lenoir-Rhyne – 145-143 – to repeat as conference champions.

Lenoir-Rhyne won four individual championships on the final day Saturday.  Sophomore All-American Haylea Salamon (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA) – who was named the SAC Women's Field Athlete Of the Year for the second straight season – won the women's discus throw (145'0”) in addition to a runner-up spot in the women's shot put (38'8”).

Lenoir-Rhyne junior Myles Braswell-Sample (Durham, N.C.) placed first in the men's shot put (48'3”) while freshman Dandrell Utley (Wilmington, N.C.) was crowned the men's champion in the triple jump (46'7”).

Lenoir-Rhyne senior All-American Kevin Baxter (Columbia, S.C.) won the men's 110-meter hurdles (14.30) for the second time in three years and was part of the Bears' first-place men's 400-meter relay squad (41.71).

Finally, freshman Treyvon Bryan (Beaufort, S.C.) placed second in the men's discus throw (144'9”) for the Beras.

The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams will next compete in the Duke Invitational on Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23, in Durham, N.C.

2016 South Atlantic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships
April 15-16 – FINAL RESULTS
Hickory, N.C.
Moretz Sports - Athletic Complex & Irwin Belk Track
Lenoir-Rhyne University, host

WOMEN
1. Queens  269
2. Wingate  167.33
3. Lenoir-Rhyne  93
4. Anderson  78.33
5. Carson-Newman  69.33
6. Coker  58
7. Mars Hill  27
8. Lincoln Memorial  15

MEN
1. Queens  145
2. Lenoir-Rhyne  143
3. Wingate  140
4. Carson-Newman  93
5. Anderson  89
6. Coker  64
7. Mars Hill  61
8. Lincoln Memorial  25
9. Brevard  14

Award Winners
MEN
Coach Of The Year – Jason Stewart, Lenoir-Rhyne
Freshman Of The Year - Elijah Inuwa, Queens
Track Athlete Of The Year – Elijah Inuwa, Queens
Field Athlete Of The Year - Khyle Higgs, Queens

WOMEN
Coach Of The Year – Jim Vahrenkamp, Queens
Freshman Of The Year – Vanisha Wilshire, Wingate
Track Athlete Of The Year (TIE) – Asia Hart, Queens, Nikia Squire, Queens, Catie Byrd, Queens, Madison Hiatt, Wingate
Field Athlete Of The Year – Haylea Salamon, Lenoir-Rhyne