Reinhardt Track and Field Finish Second at AAC Championships; Eight Crowned Conference Champs

Reinhardt Track and Field Finish Second at AAC Championships; Eight Crowned Conference Champs
April 21, 2025

Johnson City, TN - Reinhardt Track and Field competed this past weekend at the 2025 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) with outstanding success both individually and as a program. The Men's Team finished in 2nd Place behind Milligan, and the Women's Team came in eighth.  The Women's Team scored the most points ever at a conference meet with 62 points.

Top honors go to the following, who were crowned as AAC Champions in their respective events:

The 4x100 meter team of Cottrell, Neal, Derring, and Reyes will be joining teammate Andrew Paolozzi as representatives of Reinhardt Track and Field at the NAIA Nationals in May 2025.

The following were named AAC All-Conference for placing either second or third in their events:

New school records have been falling all season long, and this was no exception at the AAC Championships. In total, ten new Reinhardt Track and Field records were set.  This has been a trend the past couple of years as the program continues to rise up the rankings.

  • Noelle Dawes: 800m- 2:22.97
  • Makenzie Cumbee, Kenadi Aker, Lydiana Styles, Abigail Bell: 4x100m- 48.89
  • Noelle Dawes, Kenadi Aker, Olivia Edwards, Lydiana Styles: 4x400m- 4:16.81
  • Marquia White: Shot Put- 11.79m
  • Marquia White: Discus- 42.76m
  • Bethanee Wiggins: Heptathlon- 2631 points
  • Prince Derring: 100m- 10.47
  • Tom Vincent: 1500m- 4:01.01
  • Caleb Cottrell, JT Neal, Prince Derring, Hayden Reyes: 4x100m- 40.94
  • Duane Cure: Decathlon- 4381 points

Along with new school records, many new personal and season records were set.  Here are some of the highlights from the past weekend:

  • Kenadi Aker: 100m- 12.50, 200m- 25.77 (SB)
  • Abby Bell- 200m: 25.96 (PR)
  • Makenzie Cumbee: 100m- 12.74 (PR)
  • Lydiana Styles: 200m- 26.34 (PR)
  • Rylee Fisher: 1500m- 5:03.17, 5k- 18:50.01
  • Teara Snider: 5k- 20:35.62
  • Sara James: 10k- 45:11.90 (PR)
  • June DeLauder: 400mH- 1:14.96 (PR)
  • Kayla Morris: Shot Put- 10.70m (PR)
  • Ramsey Chambers: Hammer- 37.09m (PR)
  • Hayden Reyes: 100m- 10.55 (PR), 200m- 21.75 (PR)
  • Kelsey Clark: 100m- 11.06 (PR), Long Jump- 6.31 (PR)
  • Zachary Graves: 200m- 22.26 (PR), 400m- 51.01 (PR)
  • Lane Woodward: 400m- 51.39 (PR), 110m Hurdles 16.74 (PR), 400m Hurdles  58.20 (PR)
  • Carson Frizzell: 400m- 51.64 (PR)
  • Braniff Mahoney: 800m- 1:58.06 (PR), 1500m- 4:05.26 (PR)
  • Ben Pearce: 1500m- 4:07.15 (PR)
  • Uriel Guzman: 1500m- 4:08.81 (PR)
  • Will Ort: 10k- 34:13 (PR)
  • Brayden Ingraham: Long Jump- 6.89m (PR)
  • Caleb Hamilton: Discus- 44.40m (PR)
  • Andrew Paolozzi: Discus- Shot Put-14.17, 43.14m (PR)

The team still has three more meets over the next few weekends for additional athletes to qualify for the NAIA Nationals. The Outdoor Music City Challenge is May 2nd and 3rd in Nashville, Tennessee. The next one is the Emory Qualifier on May 7th in Atlanta, and then the finale at Lee University's Last Chance Meet on May 10th.  The NAIA Nationals will be May 21st - 23rd in Marion, Indiana on the campus of Indiana Tech University.  The past two NAIA Nationals have been held at Indiana Tech, which is a top-notch track facility and housing for all the athletes.

 

Thank you to Carson Frizzell of Frizzell Media for the use of his track photos this season!