Sharp Closes Career With Double Award
Cayden Sharp closed out her record-breaking career in historic fashion, becoming the first SLIAC Outdoor Track and Field performer to take home both the Field Athlete of the Year and the Track Athlete of the Year in the same season. Sharp, already the SLIAC career leader in both gold medals and overall medals, added to her collection over the weekend with four more golds and six medals in total. She closes out her career with 17 gold medals and 24 total medals. In her performance on Saturday, she broke four conference championship records; long jump, 100-meter hurdles, 100-meter dash, and 200-meter dash. In addition to being named the Track Athlete of the Year for the first time in her career, she picked up her third consecutive Field Athlete of the Year award.
Hannah Myers, from Westminster College, was selected as the SLIAC Field Newcomer of the Year. The freshman competed in four events at the championships for the Blue Jays. She had three 4th place finishes; high jump, long jump, and triple jump. Myers becomes the second Blue Jay in program history to win the award, joining Katy Allen in 2021.
This year's SLIAC Track Newcomer of the Year is Eyonna Owens from Greenville University. Owns picked ran the gamut in her collection of medals. She was the anchor in the Panthers' gold-winning 4x400 relay team, finished 2nd in the 400-meters, and was 3rd in the 200-meters. Owens is the third athlete from Greenville to win the award, joining Taylor Tucker in 2018 and Cayden Sharp in 2019.
Brian Patton and the Greenville University coaching staff were chosen as the Coaching Staff of the Year after winning a third consecutive SLIAC Outdoor title. Blackburn College was selected as the Team Sportsmanship award recipient for the first time in program history.
Event | Name | School | |||
100 Meter Dash | Cayden Sharp | Greenville | |||
100 Meter Dash | Sara Yakana | Greenville | |||
100 Meter Dash | Madelyn Huffstetter | Fontbonne | |||
200 Meter Dash | Cayden Sharp | Greenville | |||
200 Meter Dash | Sara Yakana | Greenville | |||
200 Meter Dash | Eyonna Owens | Greenville | |||
400 Meter Dash | Moenaisa Sidique | Westminster | |||
400 Meter Dash | Eyonna Owens | Greenville | |||
400 Meter Dash | Alexa Lofgren | Fontbonne | |||
800 Meter Run | Olivia Mansfield | Greenville | |||
800 Meter Run | Rachel Fisher | Eureka | |||
800 Meter Run | Norah Swinigan | Greenville | |||
1500 Meter Run | Karissa Heffernan | Eureka | |||
1500 Meter Run | Norah Swinigan | Greenville | |||
1500 Meter Run | Gretchen Carie | Greenville | |||
5000 Meter Run | Brook Schutt | Greenville | |||
5000 Meter Run | Sedina Logan | Greenville | |||
10,000 Meter Run | Katie Leeker | Fontbonne | |||
100 Meter Hurdle | Cayden Sharp | Greenville | |||
100 Meter Hurdle | Vanessa Jones | Webster | |||
100 Meter Hurdle | Jocelyn Fritz | Greenville | |||
400 Meter Hurdle | Vanessa Jones | Webster | |||
400 Meter Hurdle | Olivia Nelsen | Webster | |||
400 Meter Hurdle | Alexis Roberts | Greenville | |||
3000 Steeplechase | Gretchen Carie | Greenville | |||
3000 Steeplechase | Laura Mayo | Principia | |||
3000 Steeplechase | Geena Richards | Principia | |||
4x100 Relay | Mirsa Boyer | Principia | |||
Haley Hill | Principia | ||||
Lessly Amwikato | Principia | ||||
Hannah Wymer | Principia | ||||
4x400 Relay | Alexis Roberts | Greenville | |||
Olivia Mansfield | Greenville | ||||
Vanessa Compton | Greenville | ||||
Eyonna Owens | Greenville | ||||
4x400 Relay | Olivia Nelson | Webster | |||
Kianna Patton | Webster | ||||
Micah Barnes | Webster | ||||
Vanessa Jones | Webster | ||||
4x400 Relay | Karissa Heffernan | Eureka | |||
Jaden Randall | Eureka | ||||
Alyssa Bryant | Eureka | ||||
Rachel Fisher | Eureka | ||||
High Jump | Anna Beth Vancil | Greenville | |||
Laila Graham | Greenville | ||||
Cayden Sharp | Greenville | ||||
Pole Vault | Mirsa Boyer | Principia | |||
Amber Glazebrook | Greenville | ||||
Vanessa Jones | Webster | ||||
Long Jump | Cayden Sharp | Greenville | |||
Laila Graham | Greenville | ||||
Sara Yakana | Greenville | ||||
Triple Jump | Sara Yakana | Greenville | |||
Cayden Sharp | Greenville | ||||
Laila Graham | Greenville | ||||
Shot Put | Ashley Smith | Greenville | |||
Tawny Rodriguez | Greenville | ||||
Talahiva Talanoa | Greenville | ||||
Discus | Tawny Rodriguez | Greenville | |||
Isabelle Llewellyn | Webster | ||||
Ashley Smith | Greenville | ||||
Hammer | Talahiva Talanoa | Greenville | |||
Ashley Smith | Greenville | ||||
Tawny Rodriguez | Greenville | ||||
Javelin | Natalie Stewart | Westminster | |||
Emma Brown | Greenville | ||||
Abbi Thomason | Greenville |
All-Sportsmanship Team
Name | School | |
Olivia Leemon | Blackburn | |
Rachel Fisher | Eureka | |
Ogechi Okpara | Fontbonne | |
Leah Brown | Greenville | |
Lessly Amwikato | Principia | |
Shyanne Hagan | Spalding | |
Abigail Szydlowski | Webster | |
Hannah Myers | Westminster |