Samford University Athletics

Day 1 Results (PDF)
Day 2 Results (PDF)

LEXINGTON, Va. – Samford University's track and field men's and women's teams swept the 2020 Southern Conference Indoor Championships, Sunday.
 
The Bulldogs led the two-day meet wire-to-wire, as the women's squad claimed their fifth-consecutive indoor title, while the men's team won the first indoor championship in program history. The Bulldogs have won a Southern Conference title in either Indoor or Outdoor Track every year since the 2014 campaign.

For their performances, Matt Cahoon and Emmanuel Tait were named the Heath Whittle Award winners which is given to the Men's Most Outstanding Athlete.  
 
Amanda Dumar took home the Women's Pinnacle Award, while Hunter Poole took home the Men's Pinnacle Award, given to the athlete with the highest GPA on the championship-winning team.

Samford had 10 student-athletes, as well as one relay team earn championships, and 10 more individuals and another relay team claim second-place finishes.

Below is a list of Samford's top finishers.

2020 Southern Conference Champions

• Matt Cahoon – Men's Shot Put (16.06 meters)
• Brittany Bishop – Women's Pole Vault (3.85 meters)
• Justin Stuckey – Men's High Jump (2.05 meters)
• Ty Kimberlin – Men's Heptathlon (5010 points)
• Matt Cahoon – Men's Weight Throw (17.10 meters)
• Titus Moore – Men's 60-meter Hurdles (7.92)
• Maggie Johnston – Women's Weight Throw (18.27 meters)
• Emmanuel Tait – Men's 60-meter Dash (6.81)
• Hannah Lueders – Women's 200-meter Dash (24.47)
• Charlotte Krause – Women's High Jump (1.65 meters)

 
2020 Southern Conference second-place finishers

• Maggie Johnston – Women's Shot Put (14.42 meters)
• Tally Wilson – Women's Pole Vault (3.85 meters)
• Erin Hines – Women's Pentathlon (3538 points)
• Morayo Bhadmos – Women's Triple Jump (12.40 meters)
• Emmanuel Tait – Men's 60-meter Hurdles (8.05)
• Riley Alexander – Women's 60-meter Hurdles (8.79)
• Evan Brooks – Men's 60-meter Dash (6.87)
• Emmanuel Tait – Men's 200-meter Dash (21.64)
• Megan Elliot – Women's High Jump (1.65 meters)
• Dillon Dean – Men's 5000-meter Run (14:42.46)

 
2020 Southern Conference third-place finishers

• Jackie Barnes – Women's Pole Vault (3.85 meters)
• Matt Cahoon – Men's High Jump (2.05 meters)
• Justin Stuckey – Men's Triple Jump (13.96 meters)
• Hugh Duggan – Men's Pole Vault (4.65 meters)
• Vada Samuels – Women's 400-meter Run (56.87)
• José Peñalver – Men's 800-meter Run (1:52.11)
• Veronica Lyle – Women's 800-meter Run (2:11.10)
• Evan Brooks – Men's 200-meter Dash (21.69)

 
Relay Events
 

• Women's 4x400-meter Relay – Southern Conference Champions (3:49.55)
  • Hannah Lueders
  • Amanda Dumar
  • Kaitlyn Cole
  • Vada Samuels

• Women's Distance Medley Relay – 2^nd place finish (11:59.96)
  • Emma Garner
  • Amanda Dumar
  • Shian Mallory
  • Veronica Lyle
• Men's 4x400-meter Relay – Third-place finishers (3:17.60)
  • Jake Diggs
  • Jordan Oballe
  • Michael McMahan
  • Warren Fitzpatrick

 
Samford will have a few weekends to recuperate before opening the 2020 outdoor campaign at the University of South Alabama, March 20-21.