Myrtle Beach, SC – Southern Wesleyan took fifth place as a team in the Conference Carolinas Championship this weekend.  After two First Team All-Conference finishes in the hurdles, Happy Lea was named the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year.

All-Conference

Ethan Shoemaker: All-Conference First Team – High Jump

Happy Lea: All-Conference First Team – 110m Hurdles

Happy Lea: All-Conference First Team – 400m Hurdles

Ronan O'Neill – All-Conference Second Team – 5000m

Ronan O'Neill – All-Conference Second team – 10000m

How It Happened

Track Results

110mh: Happy Lea qualified for the finals in the preliminaries after he took second with a time of 14.80.  In the finals, Lea pushed ahead to claim the first place title with a time of 14.32.

200m: Jaden Warner took 21^st with a time of 22.56 in the preliminaries.

400m: In the preliminaries of the 400 meters, Nate Hill took third with a time of 49.00 to qualify for the finals.  Solomon Pitts finished in 14^th place with a time of 48.91.

400mh: Happy Lea led the Warriors in the preliminaries of the 400 meter hurdles as he took second with a time of 55.54 to qualify for the finals.  Eli Powell finished in 16^th with a time of 1:02.33.  In the finals, Happy Lea led the whole field with a time of 53.82 to take first.

800m: In the preliminaries of the 800 meters, Dustyn Scruggs took 2^nd with a time of 1:55.70 to qualify for the finals.  Nate Hill also qualified for the finals with a time of 1:56.35 to take sixth.  Ethan Marchman finished in ninth with a time of 1:57.03.  In the finals, Dustyn Scruggs took fifth with a time of 1:55.26 and Nate Hill finished in 8^th with a time of 2:04.78.

1500m: The Warriors were led by Ronan O'Neill in the preliminaries as he took sixth place with a time of 4:04.39 to qualify for the finals.  He was closely followed by Grady Clark in eighth with a time of 4:04.41 to also qualify for the finals.  In the finals, Clark took 5^th place with a time of 4:07.69.  He was followed by O'Neill with a time of 4:10.77 to take 11^th.

3000m Steeple: In the steeplechase, Drew Jones took 5^th with a time of 9:57.37.  Jones was followed by Jesse Sauve who took 9^th with a time of 10:09.58.

5000m: Ronan O'Neill took second place in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:14.97.  O'Neill was followed by Drew Jones who took seventh with a time of 15:33.40.  Kaden Reeder and Grady Clark were the next two Warriors to finish.  Reeder took 21^st with a time of 16:26.74 and Clark finished in 23^rd with a time of 16:36.36.  Taking 25^th in the championship was Grayson Gillespie who finished with a time of 16:40.24.

10000m: In the 10000 meters, Ronan O'Neill took second place with a time of 31.20.83.  O'Neill was followed by Kaden Reeder in 12^th place with a time of 34.11.38.

4x100m Relay: In the 4x100 meter relay, the Warriors team of Aziah Gaskin, Jaden Warner, Dominic Gonzalez and Solomon Pitts took ninth with a time of 42.88.

4x400m Relay: The Warriors' team of Ethan Marchman, Solomon Pitts, Dustyn Scruggs, and Nate Hill took fifth with a time of 3:18.14.

Field Results

Discus: Mason Griffiths took 17^th with a throw of 37.61 meters.

High Jump: In the high jump, Ethan Shoemaker led the whole field in the high jump as he cleared a height of 1.99 meters to give him a first place finish.  He was followed by Isaiah Gamble in 14^th with a jump of 1.84 meters.

Javelin: Happy Lea took sixth in the javelin as he threw a distance of 47.59 meters.  Lea was followed by Mason Griffiths in 14^th after he threw 39.54 meters.  Eli Powell and Rusty Chappell were the next two Warriors to finish.  Powell took 19^th with a throw of 34.60m and Chappell took 20^th with a throw of 28.05 meters.

What's Next

Southern Wesleyan will next compete in the Lee Last Chance on May 10.