Queens Slated as the Top Team in the 2022 SAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Poll

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Queens has been picked to win the 2022 South Atlantic Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship, the League announced today.  The Royals picked up 10 first-place votes and received 131 points from the League's head coaches.

Lenoir-Rhyne placed second in the poll with 120 points and two first-place votes.  Wingate took the No. 3 spot with 115 points, while Anderson came in fourth with 99 points. Carson-Newman rounded out the top five with 87 points.

Limestone took the No. 6 spot with 86 points and at No. 7 was Catawba with 71 points.  Tusculum earned 58 points to come in at No. 8, while Lincoln Memorial finished at 55 points in ninth.  Coker had 45 points in the No. 10 spot, followed by Newberry in the No. 11 spot with 34 points. Mars Hill rounded out the poll with 23 points at No. 12.

The 2022 SAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place on May 5-6 at the Anderson Track on the campus of Anderson University in Anderson, S.C.

Below is a look at the top athletes from each member institution. 

Anderson
Track: Whitney Hanson
Field: Regan Appleby

Carson-Newman
Track: Tia Davis
Field: Natalie Schumacher  

Catawba
Track: Madison Lowry
Field: MeKayla White
Field: Candace Swepson

Coker
Track: Calene Lazare
Track: Mariah Mitchem

Lenoir-Rhyne
Track: Emmanueala Kone
Track: Jordan Shealy
Track: Janet Kwambai
Field: Melody Jones

Limestone
Track: Amari Smith
Field: Jade Johnson

Lincoln Memorial
Track: Destiny Gibbs
Track: Grace Mathis 

Mars Hill
Track: Alina Mueller
Field: MyKenzy Peck

Newberry
Track: Sarah Abumere
Field: Irma Watson-Perez
Field: Kennedy Myers

Queens
Track: Fatima Alanis
Track: Melanie Welsing
Field: Lucy Walliker

Tusculum
Track: Kenisha Stubbs
Track: I'Keriah Day
Field: Shanee Angol 

Wingate
Track: Lauryn Tumey Ursery
Field: Danielle Crawford 

2022 Women's Outdoor Track and Field Preseason Poll 

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