High Point Wins 2024 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship

High Point Wins 2024 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship

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HIGH POINT, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – High Point recorded 21 teams points in the 5,000m run to erase a four-point deficit and overtake Charleston Southern to win the 2024 Big South Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship title.  The Panthers finished with a final total of 242 points for the program’s fourth consecutive crown.  CSU was second with 231 points, while Radford climbed one spot to finish in third-place with 87 points.
 
High Point won eight events and compiled 14 podium finishes Wednesday.  HPU held a slight overall lead for most of the afternoon until Charleston Southern collected 26 points in the 400m Hurdles and 19 points in the 200m to move into the top spot on the leaderboard entering the final two events.  The Panthers earned points in the 5,000m from Charli Montalvo (second), Katie Taylor (third), Olive Allen (fourth) and Anna Ritter (seventh) to regain the lead for good, as the Bucs managed four points in the event.
 
The Panthers tallied 153 team points on Wednesday, led by gold medals from Sydney Koker (high jump), Letizia Marsico (discus), Karlea Duhon (javelin), Brianna Malone (1,500m), Lindsay Cooper (100mH, 400mH), Nikki Frail (800m) and Dae’Nitra Hester (200m).  In other action, Charleston Southern swept the relay events, as the Bucs won the 4x100m in 45.51, and capped the evening with the 4x400m crown in a time of 3:40.68.  Radford’s Chloe Wellings repeated as the 5,000m champion with a time of 16:47.59 -- becoming just the fourth back-to-back 5,000m champion in Big South history.
 
Charleston Southern’s Chloe Greene accumulated 31 overall points to earn her the Most Valuable Athlete award.  HPU’s Malone claimed Freshman of the Year honors for having the most accumulated points by a freshman with 20.  High Point’s Auriane Viola earned Most Outstanding Performance based on having the highest ranking performance nationally at the meet using current TFFRS marks, as her pole vault winning height of 4.15m ranks tied for 53rd in the country.  Charleston Southern’s Amaya Johnson clinched the Newcomer of the Year award based on her 21 accumulated points.  High Point Head Coach Mike Esposito was voted Coach of the Year by the league coaches at the conclusion of the meet, while UNC Asheville’s Brianna Moore was voted Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the league’s sports information directors.
 
Women’s Final Results

       1. High Point – 242
       2. Charleston Southern - 231
       3. Radford – 87
       4. UNC Asheville - 78
           Gardner-Webb - 78
       6. USC Upstate - 50
       7. Winthrop – 45
       8. Longwood - 4 

Women’s Most Valuable Athlete
Chloe Greene, Charleston Southern
 
Women’s Most Outstanding Performance
Auriane Viola, High Point
 
Women’s Newcomer of the Year
Amaya Johnson, Charleston Southern
 
Women’s Freshman of the Year
Brianna Malone, High Point
 
Women’s Coach of the Year
Mike Esposito, High Point
 
Women’s All-Academic Team
Chloe Greene, Jr., Charleston Southern
Alena Ivano, Jr., Gardner-Webb
Charli Montalvo, Soph., High Point
Lauren Vick, Soph., Longwood
Chloe Wellings, Sr., Radford
Brianna Moore, Sr., UNC Asheville
Sierra St. John, Jr., USC Upstate
Faith Wood, Soph., Winthrop
 
Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Brianna Moore, Sr., UNC Asheville
 
Women’s Individual Champions – Day 3
High Jump – Sydney Koker, High Point
4x100m Relay – Charleston Southern
1,500m – Brianna Malone, High Point
Discus – Letizia Marsico, High Point
100m Hurdles – Lindsay Cooper, High Point
400m – Amaya Johnson, Charleston Southern
100m – Destiny Wallace, Charleston Southern
800m – Nikki Frail, High Point
400m Hurdles – Lindsay Cooper, High Point
Javelin – Karlea Duhon, High Point
200m – Dae’Nitra Hester, High Point
5,000m – Chloe Wellings, Radford
4x400m Relay – Charleston Southern
 
Women’s All-Conference Performers – Day 3
High Jump
  1. Sydney Koker, High Point
  2. Gianna Paul, High Point
  3. Chloe Greene, Charleston Southern
4x100m Relay
  1. Charleston Southern
  2. Gardner-Webb
  3. USC Upstate
1,500m
  1. Brianna Malone, High Point
  2. Anne Akagi, Charleston Southern
  3. Sophie Magson, Radford
Discus
  1. Letizia Marsico, High Point
  2. Zemaya Carson, Charleston Southern
  3. Johntavia Shaw, Winthrop
100m Hurdles
  1. Lindsay Cooper, High Point
  2. Austyn Koppe, Charleston Southern
  3. Jewel Ash, Charleston Southern
400m
  1. Amaya Johnson, Charleston Southern
  2. Dae’Nitra Hester, High Point
  3. Maddie St. Louis, Charleston Southern
100m
  1. Destiny Wallace, Charleston Southern
  2. Grenisha Thomas, Charleston Southern
  3. Myra Smith, USC Upstate
800m
  1. Nikki Frail, High Point
  2. Brianna Malone, High Point
  3. Alison Graf, UNC Asheville
400m Hurdles
  1. Lindsay Cooper, High Point
  2. Jewel Ash, Charleston Southern
  3. Brenda du Toit, Charleston Southern
Javelin
  1. Karlea Duhon, High Point
  2. Brianna Moore, UNC Asheville
  3. Isa van Sintemaartensdijk, Gardner-Webb
200m
  1. Dae’Nitra Hester, High Point
  2. Destiny Wallace, Charleston Southern
  3. Amaya Johnson, Charleston Southern
5,000m
  1. Chloe Wellings, Radford
  2. Charli Montalvo, High Point
  3. Katie Taylor, High Point
4x400m Relay
  1. Charleston Southern
  2. High Point
  3. UNC Asheville