High Point Wins 2025 Big South Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championship

High Point Wins 2025 Big South Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championship

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – High Point scored 174 team points thanks to eight gold medals to win its fifth-straight Big South Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship title on Wednesday with a final total of 304 points -- the second-highest total in Big South history.  USC Upstate finished runner-up with 139 points, followed by UNC Asheville in third with 130 points.

Gardner-Webb’s Quentin Peterson started the day winning his third gold medal, as he finished first in the discus with a Championship Meet-record throw of 58.06m, his second Meet record this week.  He also became the first athlete in Big South history to win the hammer, shot put and discus at the same Meet.
 
High Point then won the next five events, as the Panthers’ champions were Alex Constantinou (high jump), the 4x100m Relay, Graham Ferguson (1,500m), Antonio Votour (110m Hurdles) and Tim Brown (400m).  Later in the afternoon, HPU’s Camerin Williams won the 800m in a Meet-record time of 1:47.37, while Hunter Steinau outkicked UNC Asheville’s Paul Kiprotich and fell across the finish line to win the 5,000m by 0.07 seconds -- 14:29.77 to 14:29.84.  The Panthers also captured the 4x400m Relay in a time of 3:07.58.
 
UNC Asheville’s DaMarr Harvey claimed both the 100m (10.28) and 200m (20.82) races, while USC Upstate’s Shriyaan Krishnaraj won the 400m Hurdles. 
 
Gardner-Webb’s Peterson accumulated 30 overall points to earn him the Most Valuable Athlete award.  UNC Asheville’s Shemarr Session claimed Freshman of the Year honors for having the most accumulated points by a freshman with 17.5.  High Point’s Cole Wilson earned Most Outstanding Performance based on having the highest ranking performance nationally at the meet using current TFFRS marks, as his decathlon-winning score of 7,609 ranks 17th in the country.  USC Upstate’s Jeremiah Harris won the Newcomer of the Year award, which was added in 2024 to recognize the top non-freshman transfer competing in the Big South for the first time, based on his 16.75 accumulated points.  High Point was voted Coaching Staff of the Year by the league coaches at the conclusion of the meet, while HPU’s Ferguson was voted Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the league’s sports information directors.
 
Men’s Final Results
  1. High Point – 304
  2. USC Upstate - 139
  3. UNC Asheville - 130
  4. Charleston Southern - 80
  5. Gardner-Webb - 79
  6. Winthrop - 62
  7. Longwood - 16
Men’s Most Valuable Athlete
Quentin Peterson, Gardner-Webb
 
Men’s Most Outstanding Performance
Cole Wilson, High Point
 
Men’s Newcomer of the Year
Jeremiah Harris, USC Upstate
 
Men’s Freshman of the Year
Shemarr Session, UNC Asheville
 
Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year
High Point
 
Men’s All-Academic Team
Michael Calhoun, Charleston Southern
Luke Gordy, Gardner-Webb
Graham Ferguson, High Point
Alec Daniel, Longwood
Jan Malek, UNC Asheville
Addison Stone, USC Upstate
Timothy Speaks, Winthrop
 
Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Graham Ferguson, High Point
 
Men’s Individual Champions – Day 3
Discus – Quentin Peterson, Gardner-Webb
High Jump – Alex Constantinou, High Point
4x100m Relay – High Point
1,500m – Graham Ferguson, High Point
110m Hurdles – Antonio Votour, High Point
400m – Tim Brown, High Point
100m – DaMarr Harvey, UNC Asheville
800m – Camerin Williams, High Point
400m Hurdles – Shriyaan Krishnaraj, USC Upstate
200m – DaMarr Harvey, UNC Asheville
5,000m – Hunter Steinau, High Point
4x400m Relay – High Point
 
Men’s All-Conference Performers – Day 3
Discus
  1. Quentin Peterson, Gardner-Webb
  2. Joshua Sterling, USC Upstate
  3. Devin Redd, Gardner-Webb
 High Jump
  1. Alex Constantinou, High Point
  2. Shaun Thomas, High Point
  3. Jonathan Timpson, Gardner-Webb
 4x100m Relay
  1. High Point
  2. UNC Asheville
  3. USC Upstate
 1,500m
  1. Graham Ferguson, High Point
  2. Jason Thomson, High Point
  3. Griffin Gillespie, Charleston Southern
 110m Hurdles
  1. Antonio Votour, High Point
  2. Shemarr Session, UNC Asheville
  3. Ian Gresham, Winthrop
 400m
  1. Tim Brown, High Point
  2. Marquis Belle, High Point
  3. Myles Darroch, High Point
 100m
  1. DaMarr Harvey, UNC Asheville
  2. Keshon Sapp, High Point
  3. Jeremiah Harris, USC Upstate
 800m
  1. Camerin Williams, High Point
  2. Graham Ferguson, High Point
  3. Jason Thomson, High Point
 400m Hurdles
  1. Shriyaan Krishnaraj, USC Upstate
  2. Allon Suggs Sweeney, High Point
  3. Antonio Bryan, USC Upstate
 200m
  1. DaMarr Harvey, UNC Asheville
  2. Jeremiah Harris, USC Upstate
  3. Shemarr Session, UNC Asheville
 5,000m
  1. Hunter Steinau, High Point
  2. Paul Kiprotich, UNC Asheville
  3. Adam Hessler, UNC Asheville
 4x400m Relay
  1. High Point
  2. Winthrop
  3. UNC Asheville