BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Southeastern racked up 293 team points to more than triple its nearest competitor to come away with their second consecutive Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship on Monday at The Crossplex.
"It was definitely a long day but wanting to do it for my team and knowing they are relying on me to score points was motivation for me to get through the day," said senior
Julia Rohm who helped racked up 34 points in her four events and was named Most Valuable Track Athlete. "We prayed a lot before each event and the Lord helped me through today too."
Rohm along with
Jillian Blaser,
Emma Woltjer, and
Courtney Gales took first in the 4x800 Relay by a minute and 10 seconds with an NAIA 'B' Standard time of 9:40.86. She won the mile in 5:16.49, winning a sprint to the end against SCAD-Savannah's Sarah Foreman and beating her by 37 hundredths of a second. Rohm was second by 19 hundredths in the 3000 Meters to Talia Sullivan of SCAD in a time of 10:34.16 and was third in the 800 Meters in 2:25.11.
Courtney Gales helped contribute 30 points by running on the 4x400 relay, which won in a time of 3:56.89, and finished first in the 600 in 1:38.07 in addition to her anchor leg on the 4x800.
The Fire took all 39 points in the 1000 Meters with
Emma Woltjer hitting the NAIA 'B' Standard with a time of 3:00.52.
Grace Feder was second in 3:19.69 and
Kathy Macedo was third in 3:20.19.
Freshman
Ke'aira Henderson was second in the 60 Meters in a time of 7.7 seconds.
Jaqual Bush was the runner-up in the 200 Meters in 24.72. The Fire took second and third in the 400 Meters with
Namiah Simpson clocking a 56.9 and
Yuriah Bigos at 57.44.
Makenzie Johnson was second in the 5000 in 20:13 and was followed by
Emma McLaughlin in third at 22:02.
Victoria Morris picked up a third-place finish in the 60 Meter Hurdles in 9.42, and was the runner-up in the High Jump, clearing 1.55 meters.
Grace Carpenter was third in the 600 in 1:47.38.
Isabel Oliveto was third in the mile in 5:27.82.
Miyah Ford was tops in the Triple Jump with a best mark of 11.13 meters with
LaDaijahnae Miller third at 10.93 meters. Charle' Alexander was runner-up in the Weight Throw at 13.74 meters and was third in the Shot Put at 11.2 meters.
For the second-straight year,
Nick Dodson was named the Women's Indoor Coach of the Year.
All athletes finishing in the top three of an event were named All-Sun Conference.
