High Point Leads After Day 1 of 2025 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships

High Point Leads After Day 1 of 2025 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – High Point sits atop the standings with 39 points after the first day of the 2025 Big South Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships Monday at the Karl Straus Track on the campus of UNC Asheville.  The Panthers won two of the three scored events and are ahead of second-place Gardner-Webb (26 points) and third-place USC Upstate (24 points).
 
With the Championship Meet schedule adjusted to an earlier start due to weather, the event endured two separate lightning/rain delays late in the afternoon that lasted just over a combined two hours.  Champions were still crowned on Monday in the Hammer Throw, Long Jump and 10,000-meter run as scheduled.

USC Upstate’s Rachel Davis won the hammer with a distance of 58.19m, becoming the Spartans’ second consecutive champion in the event, while High Point’s Gianna Paul was victorious in the long jump with a distance of 5.91m.  HPU’s Charli Montalvo, last year’s runner-up in the 10,000m run, moved ahead of Charleston Southern’s Sarah McCartney in the final lap and used a split time of 1:11.730 in the last 400m to win the race by seven seconds.
 
In preliminary action, Charleston Southern’s Austyn Koppe posted the top time in the 400m Hurdles with a mark of 59.47 seconds.  High Point’s Dae’Nitra Hester had the top time in the 200m (24.02), and Charleston Southern’s Freya Buglass crossed the finish line in the 1,500m in 4:42.52 to earn the top spot in Wednesday’s final.
 
Meanwhile, Gardner-Webb’s Isa van Sintemaatensdijk is the Heptathlon leader following four events.  She sits in first-place with 2,753 points, ahead of High Point’s Kaitlyn Greene (2,435) and Radford’s Kandace McIvor (2,388). 
 
The Big South Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships continue Tuesday, May 13 from the Karl Straus Track beginning at 2:30pm.  Coverage on ESPN+ begins at 5:00pm.
 
Women’s Standings – Day 1
  1. High Point - 39
  2. Gardner-Webb - 26
  3. USC Upstate - 24
  4. Charleston Southern – 14
  5. UNC Asheville - 8
  6. Radford - 6
Women’s Individual Champions – Day 1
Hammer Throw – Rachel Davis, USC Upstate
Long Jump – Gianna Paul, High Point
10,000m – Charli Montalvo, High Point
 
Women’s All-Conference Performers – Day 1
Hammer Throw
  1. Rachel Davis, USC Upstate
  2. Madison Boyd, Gardner-Webb
  3. Jessa Beach, USC Upstate 
Long Jump
  1. Gianna Paul, High Point
  2. Teandra Clemons, Gardner-Webb
  3. Jada Pittman, Gardner-Webb 
10,000m
  1. Charli Montalvo, High Point
  2. Sarah McCartney, Charleston Southern
  3. Sienna Bailey, Radford