LEXINGTON, Va. – For the fifth time in as many tries, the Samford track and field teams swept the Southern Conference Indoor Championships on Saturday and Sunday at the event that was hosted by VMI.
 
The women's team scored 160.5 points to earn its ninth straight conference crown. The men's squad tallied 188 points for a fifth-straight title. 
 
Individually, Samford student-athletes claimed 10 individual titles and both men's and women's 4x400 meter relays.
 
 Graduate Student Cagan Campbell led the Bulldogs by winning the men's 200 meter, men's 400 meter and anchored the 4x400 meter relay team along the way to being awarded the Heath Whittle Award as the men's most outstanding athlete. 
 
Samford's dominance in the men's heptathlon continued as freshman Samuel Werner with a score of 5,380 points. 
 
The hurdles duo of Titus Moore (7.80) and Amiel Dabney (8.57) each won their respective 60-meter hurdle events. 
 
A trio of freshmen Bulldogs also impressed on the weekend as Zephaniah Carico-McLennan won the men's 800 meters with a time of 1:51.7, Arthur Chitty took home top billing in the men's high jump of 2.10 meters and Carl Henry claimed the shot put title with a throw of 15.38 meters. 
 
Rounding out the Samford titles, Hannah Daffin defended her crown in the weight throw with a toss of 17.87 meters. 
 
The Bulldogs will next head to the NCAA Indoor Championship, March 8-9 in Boston, Massachusetts. 
 
Men's results – Final
1. Samford – 188 points
2. Western Carolina – 121.5
3. Furman - 112
4. VMI – 109
5. Wofford – 62.5
6. The Citadel – 49
7. UNCG - 11
 
Women's results – Final
1. Samford – 160.5 points
2. Wofford – 117
3. Furman - 92
4. Western Carolina – 83.66
5. Eastern Tennessee – 70
6. VMI – 68.5
7. Chattanooga – 37
8. The Citadel – 30.33
9. 3
 
Heath Whittle Award (Men's Most Outstanding Athlete)
Cagan Campbell, Samford
 
Women's Most Outstanding Athlete
Sherika Christie, Wofford
 
Men's Pinnacle Award (highest GPA on championship-winning team)
Ethan Womack, Samford
 
Women's Pinnacle Award (highest GPA on championship-winning team)
Grace Lueders, Samford
 
Day 1 champions
Men: Shot put Carl Henry, Samford (15.38 meters); pole vault Brenden Vanderpool, Samford (5.20 meters); long jump Keyandre Midgett, VMI (7.49 meters); 3,000-meter run Carson Williams, Furman (8:12.77); distance medley relay Cameron Ponder, Christian Newman, Christopher Knight, Dylan Schubert, Furman (9:55.18).
 
Women: Pentathlon Sharika Christie, Wofford (3,641 points); long jump Eleyah Armstrong, VMI (6.05 meters); shot put Ellie Sawicki, Wofford (13.66 meters); 3,000-meter run Abigail Robertson, Furman (9:31.02); high jump Imani Boyd, Western Carolina (1.71 meters); distance medley relay Camryn Wennersten, Callie Harper, Megan Marvin, Sierra Bower Furman, (11:31.07).
 
Men's All-Freshman – Day 1
Men's shot put
Carl Henry, Samford
Rafe Clendenin, VMI
Dakota Sorrells, Western Carolina
 
Men's pole vault
Brenden Vanderpool, Samford
Cameron Thomas, VMI
Jack Scott, The Citadel
 
Men's long jump
Samuel Werner, Samford
Jordan Chestnut, The Citadel
David Dorbin, Western Carolina
 
Men's 3,000-meter run
Owen Shifflett, Furman
Khalid Abdullahi, UNCG
Patrick Lowry, VMI
 
Women's All-Freshman – Day 1
Pentathlon
Sherika Christie, Wofford
Kiersten Bell, Samford
Brianna Baker, ETSU
 
Women's long jump
Ellison Chadwick, Samford
Sherika Christie, Wofford
Eliza Ruch, ETSU
 
Women's shot put
Diamond Baker, VMI
Sherika Christie, Wofford
Landrey Pike, Western Carolina
 
Women's high jump
Ava Cooper, Wofford
Morgan Fraser, VMI
Ava McGue, Chattanooga
 
Women's 3,000-meter run
Lily Feingold, Furman
Andrea Ellis, Chattanooga
Michaela Dabney, Chattanooga
 
Day 2 champions
Men: Triple jump Keyandre Midgett, VMI (15.57 meters#); heptathlon Samuel Werner, Samford (5380 points) mile Cameron Ponder, Furman (4:06.40); 60-meter hurdles Titus Moore, Samford (7.80); 60-meter dash O'Rell Fisher, Wofford (6.73*); 400-meter dash Cagan Campbell, Samford (47.72); 800-meter run Zephaniah Carico-McLennan, Samford (1:51.27) weight throw Andrew Granger, VMI (17.46 meters); 200-meter Cagan Campbell, Samford; Cameron Dalton, Wofford (21.42); high jump Arthur Chitty, Samford (2.05 meters); 5,000-meter run Dylan Schubert, Furman (14:05.60); 4x400-meter relay Cagan Campbell, Jackson Olivo, Tyke Tabor, Landon Wright, Samford (3:14.98)

Women: Weight throw Hannah Daffin, Samford (17.87 meters); mile Abigail Robertson, Furman (4:47.56); 60-meter hurdles Amiel Dabney, Samford (8.57); 60-meter dash Eleyah Armstrong, VMI (7.44); 400-meter dash Jasmine Jefferson, Wofford (54.22*); 800-meter run Megan Marvin, Furman (2:08.85); triple jump Sherika Christie, Wofford (12.38 meters); 200-meter dash Jasmine Jefferson, Wofford (24.13); pole vault Taylor Hill, VMI (3.82 meters); 5,000-meter run Sierra Bower, Furman (16:26.02); 4x400-meter relay Grace Lueders, Kelsey Martin, Ellison Chadwick, Ayden Drake Samford (3:50.18).
 
* meet record
# facility record
 
Men's All-Freshman – Day 2
Men's triple jump
Jordan Chestnut, The Citadel
David Dorbin, Western Carolina
 
Men's heptathlon
Colby Capps, Western Carolina
Ethan Hibberts, Western Carolina

Men's mile
Brayden Seymour, Furman
Lawson Mecom, Western Carolina
Colton Kempney, Furman
 
Men's 60-meter hurdles
Archie Woodard, Wofford
 
Men's 60-meter dash
Bradlee Jones, The Citadel
Dylan Thompson, The Citadel
 
Men's 400-meter dash
Elias Barton, Western Carolina
Quinton Godfrey, Western Carolina
Archie Woodard, Wofford
 
Men's 800-meter run
Sam Barnard, UNCG
Chase Thurber, Western Carolina
 
Men's weight throw
Rafe Clendenin, VMI
Austin Ramirez, Western Carolina
Jack Weil, The Citadel
 
Men's 200-meter dash
Quinton Godfrey, Western Carolina
Dylan Thompson, The Citadel
 
Men's high jump
Arthur Chitty, Samford
Jordan Chestnut, The Citadel
Jake Ross, Wofford
 
Men's 5,000-meter run
Owen Shifflett, Furman
Kevin Shank, VMI
Lawson Mecom, Western Carolina
 
Women's All-Freshman – Day 2
Women's weight throw
Merkenzee Wells, Western Carolina
Diamond Baker, VMI
Landrey Pike, Western Carolina
 
Women's mile
Katherine Hopkins, Western Carolina
Kennedy Reynolds, Chattanooga
 
Women's 60-meter hurdles
JaKayla Campbell, Wofford
Brianna Baker, ETSU
Kendal Hudson, Western Carolina
 
Women's 60-meter dash
Cymoria Thomas, Western Carolina
Devon Babcock, ETSU
Jennifer Koumondji, VMI
 
Women's 400-meter dash
Leah Butler, Western Carolina
Kyndal Saunders, Western Carolina
Paden Bell, ETSU
 
Women's 800-meter run
Olivia Hurd, VMI
Danniella King, Wofford
Kristen Hallman, Wofford
 
Women's triple jump
Sherika Christie, Wofford
Kiersten Bell, Samford
Kendal Hudson, Western Carolina
 
Women's 200-meter dash
Cymoria Thomas, Western Carolina
Ellison Chadwick, Samford
Devon Babcock, ETSU
 
Women's pole vault
Libby Jackson, Samford
Antonina Tereshenko, Samford
Bella Hilleary, Western Carolina
 
Women's 5,000-meter run
Josi Seering, ETSU
Jillian Sisk, VMI
Andrea Ellis, Chattanooga
 
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