That brought attention to the final two matches on the court at No.
4 and No. 6 singles. No. 28-ranked Prats-Millan made it 4-all after a 3-6,
7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Pain at No. 4 singles. At No. 6 singles, Kalodzitsa
fought off four match points in the second set tiebreak to split sets with
Twelker, 3-6, 7-6 (7). In the third set, Kalodzitsa trailed 5-2 but fought
back to lead 6-5, then at 5-4 down in the third-set tiebreaker, Kalodzitsa
called a ball out. It was overruled for the third time in the match and an
extra point was awarded to Twelker which ended up being match point.
Armstrong was making its NCAA Division II-record 14th National
Championship match appearance, finishing second for a sixth time, the
most in DII history as well. Armstrong has won a record eight DII national
titles as well.
2014 Southeast Region
Women’s Tennis
Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year
Walter Shinn, Flagler
ITA Player to Watch
Carolina Prats-Millan, Armstrong
ITA Senior Player of the Year
Paola Cigui, Columbus State
ITA Rookie of the Year
Beatriz Leon, Columbus State
ITA/Srthur Ashe, Jr. Sportsmanship &
Leadership Award
Laura Chapman, Columbus State
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2014 Peach Belt
Women’s Tennis
Elite 15 Awards presented by GradesFirst
Kelsey Pelletier, Columbus State
All-Academic Team
Paola Cigui
Columbus State
Diana DiMarco
Young Harris
Monica Espitia
UNC Pembroke
Aleksandra Filipovski Armstrong
Haley Highfield
Montevallo
Barbora Krtickova
Armstrong
Carolina Lainez
Lander
Ivana Marevic
Georgia College
Leigh-Anne McAfee UNC Pembroke
Juanita Ossa
Montevallo
Niki Polcerova
Montevallo
Barbora Sebkova
Flagler
Honorable Mention: Shelby Bickel, UNC Pembroke;
Cayce Bradley, Lander; Carly Cangelosi, Georgia
Southwestern; Carolina Hernandez, Young Harris;
Victoria Herndon, Young Harris; Allison Howell,
Montevallo; Maria Nadal, Georgia Regents; Maria
Cecilia Pimentel, Georgia Regents; Franziska Regel,
USC Aiken; Esther Santiago, Flagler; Margot Simon,
USC Aiken; Sydnee Smith, Georgia Southwestern;
Cameron Williams, North Georgia
2013-14
Men’s Track & Field
Shorter Wins First PBC Track & Field Championship!
ROME, Ga. – They were not to be denied.
Thanks to an overwhelming performance on the final day of the
2014 Peach Belt Conference Track and Field Championships on Saturday
at Barron Stadium, the Shorter men’s track team gave the university its
first-ever NCAA
conference title when the
Hawks rolled
up 204 points
to dethrone Alabama-Huntsville,
the
defending
champion.
“They
knew
they
had to stay
f o c u s e d ,”
Shorter Director of Track
Scott
Byrd
said about the
Hawks, who
were in fourth place when they started the final day and went on to
capture the championship thanks to six first place performances – two
coming from Kirk Wilson when he dominated the 100 and 200 – and in
six events had two or more athletes place for points.
“We’re always a third-day team the way the meets are structured.
They stayed composed as they’ve done all year,” Byrd said about the
team that won this year’s National Christian College Athletic Association
national indoor championship.
Wilson, however, certainly stole the show among the men at the
meet as he wound up as the top male point performer in track after
winning the two sprints – in the 100 he was posted a time of 10.57
seconds and had a 20.69 mark in the 200 – and was a member of the
Hawks’ winning 4x100 relay team on Friday.
But Wilson was not alone in the sprints as teammates Treshunn
Miliner took third place and Bradley Moon was fourth in the 100, and in
the 200 Hawks Malik Fair and Randall Dameron notched third and fifth
places, respectively.
The 400 finals witnessed the biggest display of depth as Fair won
the event in 49.04, Gregory Roachford, Jr. was third, Dameron fourth
and Cole Rice fifth, while Jihad Ragge added yet another first place for
the Hawks as he won the 800 in 1:52.19.
And as icing of the PBC title cake, the Hawks won the final event of
2013-14
the meet as the quartet of Rice, Dameron, Roachford and Fair combined
to claim the 4x400 relay crown in 3:11.37.
The two hurdle events had a clear Shorter presence as well as Tamario Evans won the 110 hurdles in 15.63, while in the 400 hurdles the top
spot went to Wake Roberds won in 55.15, Evans was second, Kedemah
Howard took fifth place and Ryan Moore sixth.
Two Hawks gave the team even more points as Josiah Jenkins was
third in 1500 and
Jordan Cross securing a second
in the 5,000.
In the field,
Sadrac Cherfils
took second and
Howard
was
fourth in the
triple jump, and
rounding out
Shorter’s point
assault was Daniel Alexis, who
finished third in
the shot put, and
Marshall Rawson, who was
sixth in the javelin.
Four PBC Track & Field Athletes to Compete at National
Championships
INDIANAPOLIS, IND – Four Peach Belt Conference men’s track and field
athletes were selected to compete at the 2014 NCAA National Championships. The event will be held May 22-24 in Allendale, Mich., at the Grand
Valley State Track & Field Stadium.
For the men, Alabama-Huntsville’s Alex May will compete in the triple jump while Clayton State’s Job Kemboi will run the 10,000m. Nova
Southeastern will send two athletes to Michigan with Ryan Jerothe competing in the pole vault and Talyn Washington running both the 200m
and 4