UMO Briefs

By UMO Media Relations
Published in Sports on May 6, 2017 11:20 PM

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HIGH POINT -- University of Mount Olive captured five top all-Conference Carolinas individual awards after winning the men's and women's outdoor track & field championship meets contested less than a week ago.

Freshman Leah Hanle earned the Conference Carolinas' women's track athlete-of-the-year award. The Germany native tallied 26 total points in the season-ending meet -- first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and second-place performances in the 5,000 (5k) and 10,000 (10k) meter runs.

The Trojans' Nick Greyno and Hannah Glover swept the male and female athletes-of-the-year honors.

Greyno, a senior who hails from Wilmington, emerged as a Conference Carolinas champion in the discus. He finished runner-up in the hammer throw and shot put, and secured third place overall in the javelin.

A sophomore, Glover grabbed conference titles in the hammer and discus, and ended up seventh in the javelin.

Taylor Moncrief was selected as the Conference Carolinas female freshman athlete-of-the-year following a fourth-place performance in the 100 hurdles and second-team all-CC honors in the triple jump.

Matt van Lierop, director and head coach of the men's and women's track programs, returned home with the dubious honor as the league's coach-of-the-year.

UMO all-conference selections:

MEN

FIRST TEAM

Adam Craig (5,000/10,000 meters); Fredric Lang (3,000 steeplechase); Nick Greyno (discus); Martin Bayles (pole vault).

SECOND TEAM

Guillermo Rendon (100 dash); Jonathan Dahlke (5,000); Pol Domenech-Ferrer (3,000 steeplechase); Daniel Francken (10,000); Greyno (shot put, hammer).

THIRD TEAM

Domenech-Ferrer (1,500); Brady Deaner (3,000 steeplechase); Francken (5,000); Montre Holmes (4x1 relay); Richard Fisher (800); Greyno (javelin); Montae Myers (4x1 relay); Ash Hicks (4x1 relay); Darius McDaniel-Biddings (4x1 relay).

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WOMEN

FIRST TEAM

Leah Hanle (3,000 steeplechase); Meredith Lorient (5,000); Hannah Glover (discus, hammer).

SECOND TEAM

Bailee Henry (800); Hanle (5,000/10,000); Kelsey Valentine (3,000 steeplechase); Taylor Moncrief (triple jump); Khadijah Kale (hammer).

THIRD TEAM

Alexis McNeil (100/200); Lorient (1,500/10,000); Valentine (5,000); Malak Kafi (100 hurdles); Mictasha Mickle (400 hurdles, 4x1 relay); Kale (shot put); Teyanna Dessaure (4x1 relay); Shacoria Mitchell (4x1 relay); Cyanni Wheeler (4x1 relay); De'Ja Aycock (high jump); Laneeja Sheppard (triple jump).