CLEMSON, SC-- Winthrop captured two conference championships and earned nine all-conference awards wihle breaking six school records at the 2010 Big South Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships held this past weekend at the Clemson Indoor Track Facility.
“That is the best I have seen our team compete from top to bottom," said Winthrop head track & field coach Ben Paxton. "It is hard to get motivated when the larger teams are scoring points right and left. Our kid won plenty of battles and we have two champions, nine all conference selections and an amazing six school records to prove it.”
Winthrop senior Ashley Howard (Wilmington, OH) captured the Big South title in the women's shot put with a throw of 43 feet, 10 inches and finished second in the weight throw with a toss of 55 feet, 3.75 inches. The men's team was led by the championship performance of junior Keary Simms (Ft. Pierce, FL) who took the title in the men's 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.14 seconds. He also had a third place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 46 feet, 9 inches.
The Winthrop women's 4x400 meter relay team finished second as the foursome of Monique James, Amami Antia-Obong, Latasha Watson and Sasha Robinson set a new school record with a time of 5:53.44. Rebecca Holmes captured third place in the 60 meter hurdles as she set a new school record with a time of 8:78 seconds. Antia-Obong claimed third place in the women's pentathlon and set a new school record.
In addition to Simms' performances, the men's team got a second place finish by Travis Coleman in the shot put with a throw of 52 feet, 4.75 inches which was good for a new school record. Dexter Young claimed third place in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 6.75 inches.
Antia-Obong and Adam Freudenthal were named to the 2010 Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team.
Overall the Winthrop women finished fifth while the men's team claimed sixth place.
The complete list of individual award winners is as follows:
Liberty captured both the men's and women's team championships as the men won their 13th-straight crown while the Lady Flames notched their first Indoor Track and Field crown since 2005.
Team Results
Men - Team Rankings
1. Liberty – 192
2. Charleston Southern – 122
3. VMI – 85
4. High Point – 80
5. Radford – 78
6. Winthrop – 54
7. Gardner-Webb – 36
8. UNC Asheville – 14
Team Results
Women - Team Rankings
1. Liberty – 182.50
2. Coastal Carolina – 145
3. Radford – 70
4. Charleston Southern – 59
5. Winthrop – 53
6. High Point – 52
VMI – 52
8. Gardner-Webb - 42.50
9. UNC Asheville - 7
Men's Most Outstanding Track Performer
Javon Young, Charleston Southern
Women's Most Outstanding Track Performer
Jaime Watson, Liberty
Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer
Clarence Powell, Liberty
Women's Most Outstanding Field Performer
Aimee Veatch, Radford
Men's Freshman of the Year
Kevin Reddington, Liberty
Women's Freshman of the Year
Elaine Derricott, Radford
Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Josh Morgan, High Point
Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Rebekah Ricksecker, Liberty
Men's All-Academic
Josh Morgan, High Point
Josh Edmonds, Liberty
Christoph Hutschalik, Gardner-Webb
Matt Dobson, Radford
Adam Freudenthal, Winthrop
Matt Satterwhite, VMI
Simon Haake, UNC Asheville
J.P. Poisson, Charleston Southern
Women's All-Academic
Rebekah Ricksecker, Liberty
Brittany Christian, Radford
Mikaela Terry, Coastal Carolina
Christina Fenske, High Point
Katie Olert, UNC Asheville
Hannah Granger, VMI
Amami Antia-Obong, Winthrop
Kayla Morgan, Gardner-Webb
Tia Habersham, Charleston Southern
Men's Coach of the Year
Tim Langford, Charleston Southern
Women's Coach of the Year
Brent Chumbley, Radford
