WINSTON-SALEM – The UNC Pembroke men's and women's track teams each brought home one event title to pace the men to a third-place finish and the women to a fourth-place finish Monday afternoon at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Championships. Mekhi Hayes was named the men's Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year.

The men's squad tallied 114 points to take third, while the women finished with 72 points to take fourth, narrowly missing a top-three finish by just a point. Converse won the men's championship with 130 points, while Mount Olive took champion honors on the women's side for the third time in the last four years with 197 points.

Hayes took first in the men's 200m with a time of 21.63 and became the second-straight Brave to earn Freshman of the Year honors, while Moureen Kimaiyo won her second event title with a time of 10:36.93 in the women's 3000m.

Mallory Haney broke her own school record and posted an NCAA provisional mark of 11.99m to finish third in the women's triple jump, joining Travon Morrow, Tayvon Callahan, and Hayes in posting NCAA provisional marks.

In Day 2 action on the men's side, Norman Junker took second in the one mile with a time of 4:19.01 and third in the 3000m at 8:43.74, giving him three top-three finishes at the event. Trent Brown finished third in the heptathlon with 3,942 points, while Lucas Nervo crossed in a personal-best 4:22.17 to take fourth in the one mile to round out the top-five finishers.

On the women's side, the 4x400m relay team of Katie-Marie Sherlock, Amiya Winston, Haney, and Geri Herrera finished second with a time of 3:59.72, while Herrera was fifth in the 200m with a time of 25.18, with Sherlock also taking fifth in the 400m with a time of 58.58. YaNelli Dawkins posted a personal-best mark of 11.14m to take fifth in the shot put to round out the top-five finishers for the women.

All told, the Braves combined to post 26 new personal bests, five event titles, four new school records, four NCAA provisional marks, and one new meet record.
 
The top three finishers in each event final earned first, second, and third-team All-Conference accolades.

 

CONFERENCE CAROLINAS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (FEBRUARY 23-24)
Women's 60m Dash (Prelims)
13	Ashlyn Turner		7.93
17	Geri Herrera		7.98
19	Ta'Niyah Glaspie		8.03
Women's 60m Hurdles (Prelims)
6	! McKylee Mosby		9.17q
Women's 60m Hurdles (Finals)
7	McKylee Mosby	9.30
Women's 200m (Prelims)
5	$ ! Geri Herrera	25.10q
11	Katie-Marie Sherlock	26.32
12	Amiya Winston	26.37
14	Ta'Niyah Glaspie	26.49
Women's 200m (Finals)
5	Geri Herrera	25.18
Women's 400m (Prelims)
5	Katie-Marie Sherlock		59.20q
7	Amiya Winston		59.77q
Women's 400m (Finals)
5	Katie-Marie Sherlock	58.58
7	Amiya Winston	1:00.50
Women's 800m
7	! Malea Bennewitz	2:28.45
Women's 1 Mile
10	Jackline Kosgei	5:32.27
Women's 3000m
1	Moureen Kimaiyo	10:36.93
15	Sharon Ngetich	11:13.90
17	Michela Gritti	11:15.85
Women's 5000m
1	Moureen Kimaiyo		18:10.89
6	! Malea Bennewitz		18:52.34
10	! Sharon Ngetich		19:18.69
11	! Michela Gritti		19:23.08
Women's High Jump
14	Mallory Haney	1.40m
Women's Long Jump
11	! Kyleigh Pollock		5.28m
Women's Pole Vault
1	Carina Fiorucci	3.32m
Women's Shot Put
5	! YaNelli Dawkins	11.14m
12	Jenella Olaleye	9.95m
17	Gloriest Lubamba	9.28m
18	Rhianna Garmendiz	8.93m
19	Comfort Agwu	8.30m
Women's Triple Jump
3	! $ @ Mallory Haney	11.99m
12	! Gloriest Lubamba	9.80m
Women's Weight Throw
7	! Comfort Agwu		14.13m
12	! Makayla VanDusen		12.66m
13	YaNelli Dawkins		12.56m
20	Jenella Olaleye		10.35m
Women's 4x400m Relay
2	UNC Pembroke (Katie-Marie Sherlock, Amiya Winston, Mallory Haney, Geri Herrera)	3:59.72
Women's DMR
4	UNC Pembroke (Jackline Kosgei, Malea Bennewitz, Sharon Ngetich, Moureen Kimaiyo)	13:13.29
Men's 60m Dash (Prelims)
4	@ Travon Morrow		6.83q
9	Daniel Dawson		6.88
12	Braylon Brooks		6.93
13	Calen McKinney		6.94
20	Mekhi Hayes		7.05
Men's 60m Dash (Finals)
5	Travon Morrow	6.87
Men's 60m Hurdles (Prelims)
1	@ Tayvon Callahan		8.07q
7	Justin Battle		8.59q
8	Eli Pineda		8.63q
Men's 60m Hurdles (Finals)
6	Eli Pineda	8.55
7	Justin Battle	8.87
--	Tayvon Callahan	DNF
Men's 200m (Prelims)
1	% $ ! @ Mekhi Hayes	21.59q
7	Travon Morrow	22.09q
14	Calen McKinney	22.44
17	Braylon Brooks	22.72
Men's 200m (Finals)
1	Mekhi Hayes	21.63
7	Travon Morrow	22.40
Men's 400m (Prelims)
10	Sean Townes		50.84
20	Jaedon Kearney		1:01.44
Men's 800m
7	! Sean Todd	1:59.48
16	Gabe Blackwelder	2:01.96
Men's 1 Mile
2	Norman Junker	4:19.01
4	! Lucas Nervo	4:22.17
8	Jack Phieffer	4:27.70
Men's 3000m
3	Norman Junker	8:43.74
6	Jack Phieffer	8:56.67
7	Conrad Robertson	8:56.82
10	Ryan Jimenez	8:59.06
11	! Kelvin Kibet	8:59.40
18	Lucas Nervo	9:08.60
20	Antony Kigen	9:12.08
Men's 5000m
2	! Norman Junker	14:52.65
4	Kelvin Kibet	15:26.70
6	Antony Kigen	15:32.85
7	Jack Phieffer	15:35.33
9	Conrad Robertson	15:39.46
Men's High Jump
10	! Quincy Davis		1.85m
Men's Long Jump
--	Caleb Mason	FOUL
Men's Pole Vault
2	Cole Thomas	4.48m
3	! Elijah Barnette	3.88m
5	! Trent Brown	3.73m
Men's Shot Put
7	! Antoine King	13.61m
12	Xavier Smith-Robinson	12.83m
Men's Triple Jump
12	! Caleb Mason	12.86m
13	Elijah Barnette	12.85m
16	! David Bunker	12.59m
17	Quincy Davis	12.31m
19	Josiah Cook	12.20m
Men's Weight Throw
1	$ ! Gary Parker	17.51m
4	! Antoine King	16.20m
11	! Abdul Cisse	14.55m
21	Daevohn Smith	11.92m
Men's 4x400m Relay
4	UNC Pembroke (Jaedon Kearney, Braylon Brooks, Calen McKinney, Sean Townes)	3:21.70
Men's DMR
7	UNC Pembroke (Antony Kigen, Sean Todd, Lucas Nervo, Ryan Jimenez)		10:47.26
Men's Heptathlon
3	Trent Brown	3,942 points
3	! 60m Dash	7.43
3	High Jump	1.72m
3	Long Jump	6.00m
2	Shot Put	9.32m
3	! 60m Hurdles	9.64
3	Pole Vault	3.00m
1	1000m	3:01.92
! = Indoor Personal Best $ = School Record % = Meet Record @ = NCAA Provisional Mark