HUNINGTON, W.Va. – Erman Jepleting won event titles in both the 1-Mile and 800-meter Runs, while Aly Hudspeth climbed to the top of the podium in the High Jump, to lead the UNC Pembroke women's indoor track & field team to the 2020 Mountain East Conference Championships.
 
Jepleting broke her own school record with a time of 5:15.59 in the Mile Run, while shattering her own school record with a mark of 2:18.37. Hudspeth was first among 15 competitors in the High Jump with a personal-best leap of 1.62 meters.
 
On the men's side, Jathan DeBerry captured an event title in the 60-meter hurdles with a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 8.20 to help lead the men's team to a runner-up finish in the final team standings. Joshua Chepkesir also registered an NCAA provisional qualifying mark with a first-place finish in the 3,000-meter Run with a time of 8:17.86.
 
Jepleting was named Female Track Athlete of the Year, while Chepkesir was named Male Track Athlete of the Year. Chepkesir was also voted as the Men's Most Outstanding Performer after scoring 30 points across the two-day event. Dr. Peter Ormsby, UNCP's Director of Cross Country/Track & Field, was named MEC Women's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year.

 

MOUNTAIN EAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP (FEBRUARY 22)
Men's 60m Hurdles (Final)
1	% ! Jathan DeBerry	8.20
4	Dominic Foy	8.37
Men's Triple Jump
2	Terrence Lackey	14.26m
3	Ryan Smith	14.07m
7	Darrin Elmore	13.36m
9	! Caleb Coles	12.97
10	! Jeffrey Gunter	12.55m
Men's Shot Put
5	! Brandon Boyles	14.24m
Men's 1 Mile Run
1	$ ! Joshua Chepkesir	4:12.62
8	! Silus Kipkoech	4:24.18
11	Mat Maier	4:30.62
Men's 60m Dash (Final)
2	Jamar Adams	6.92
Men's 200m Dash (Final)
3	! Jamar Adams	22.17
6	! Caleb Baldwin	22.35
Men's 3000m Run
1	% Joshua Chepkesir	8:17.86
8	Silus Kipkoech	8:45.80
11	! Ean Ormsby	8:49.01
n/a	Mat Maier	DNF
Men's High Jump
1	! Bradley Thompson	2.00m
3	! Forrest Powell	1.97m
4	Jathan DeBerry	1.97m
5	! Caleb Coles	1.94m
Men's 4x400 Relay
3	$ UNC Pembroke - Walker Mabe, Dominic Foy, Mason Crawford, Cody Miller	3:22.80
Men's 800m Run
6	! Delsin Burkhart	1:57.36
12	Mat Maier	2:00.77
Men's 60m Hurdles (Heptathlon)
3	Elijah Woods	9.27
5	! Adam White	9.53
11	Hunter March	11.76
Men's Pole Vault (Heptathlon)
4	! Hunter March	2.95mm
5	! Adam White	2.85m
6	Elijah Woods	2.75m
Men's 1000m Run (Heptathlon)
2	! Adam White	2:53.18
5	! Elijah Woods	3:09.79
n/a	Hunter March	DNF
Heptathlon
2	$ ! Elijah Woods	3,962 points
6	! Adam White	3,569 points
12	Hunter March	2,337 points
Women's 60m Hurdles (Final)
7	Quanterra Harrison	10.09
Women's High Jump
1	! Aly Hudspeth	1.62m
4	! Crysten Jordan	1.59m
10	Deja Aycock	1.45m
n/a	Ja'elle Ross-Brown	MH
Women's 400m Dash (Final)
2	$ ! Jacques Tucker	58.19
7	! Leisha Jackson	59.21
Women's Shot Put
3	! Kelsi Sheldon	13.13m
6	! Raigan Evans	11.79m
7	! Leanna Jacobs	11.71m
11	Liz Whitmore	10.33m
12	Taya McKeithan	10.10m
16	Christiana Reynolds	9.37m
Women's 60m Dash (Final)
2	$ ! Dy'Air McCormick	7.70
6	Mikela Salone	7.92
7	Mikayla King	7.97
Women's 200m Dash  (Final)
2	$ ! Dy'Air McCormick	25.43
5	Mikayla King	26.05
6	Mikela Salone	26.16
Women's 3000m Run
3	$ ! Valary Samoei	10:43.14
n/a	Molly McCann	DNF
Women's Triple Jump
2	! Keionna Ray	10.69m
3	Breze Ervin	10.90m
5	Jazmyne Davis	10.68m
12	! Tori Saunders	9.62m
13	Micaiah Darity	9.60m
Women's 800m Run
1	$ ! Erman Jepleting	2:18.37
3	! Riley Axe	2:24.60
8	Skylar Moreno	2:28.22
10	Sam Badami	2:30.15
11	Corey Pethers	2:30.80
Women's 1 Mile Run
1	Erman Jepleting	5:15.59
5	! Skylar Moreno	5:24.25
7	! Riley Axe	5:35.10
Women's 4000m DMR
1	UNC Pembroke - Riley Axe, Corey Pethers, Skylar Moreno, Erman Jepleting	n/a
! = Indoor Personal Best $ = School Record % = NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark