Defending Champs Take Silver At Conference Carolinas Indoor Championships

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Entering the second day of the Conference Carolinas Indoor Championships in second place, the Converse University women's track & field team finished runners-up at the meet.

The Valkyries had seven podium finishes on Monday including two event championships.

Meet Notes:

Graduate senior Jordan Brown kicked off Monday with a victory in the high jump, clearing all five marks on her first attempt and finishing with a mark of 1.64 meters. Sophomore Kamille Cunningham finished second with a mark of 1.61 meters. Combined, the pair scored Converse 18 points.
Junior Lauren Beatty began Monday's track events with a silver medal in the mile. She finished with a time of 5:15.86.
Freshman Kennedy Wright took home bronze in the 60 meter hurdles, finishing the finals with a time of 8.80.
Sophomore Jermyra Bethel also took home bronze in the 400 meters, finishing with a time of 57.83. Freshman Triniti Muldrow-Green finished eighth in the finals with a time of 1:00.56, scoring one point.
Freshman Alla Hutchins finished second in the shot put with a distance of 11.64 meters and netting Converse eight points. Junior Bella Martin finished just off the podium with a distance of 11.23 meters, scoring five points.
At the same time as the shot put and 400 meters, senior Mackenzie Whiteside finished seventh in the triple jump, scoring the Valkyries two points.
Graduate student Bayley Robinson finished just off the podium in the 800 meters with a time of 2:26.44. She scored the Valkyries five points.
Senior Eseose Okoduwa finished the 200 meters with a time of 25.27, taking home sixth place and three points.
Senior Ashley Sosa and Beatty finished five seconds apart in the 3,000 meters, finishing in sixth and seventh place. Sosa, finishing sixth, recorded a time of 10:51.57. Beatty, finishing seventh, recorded a 10:56.89. Combined they netted the Valkyries five points.
The four-woman tandem of Muldrow-Green, Wright, Okoduwa and Bethel finished the meet with a gold medal in the 4x400 relay.

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Beatty: 5' 6"; Junior

Jermyra Bethel: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Jordan Brown: Graduate Student

Kamille Cunningham: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Bella Martin: 5' 6"; Junior

Eseose Okoduwa: Senior

Ashley Sosa: Senior

Triniti Muldrow-Green: Freshman

Kennedy Wright: Freshman

Alla Hutchins: 5' 7"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lauren Beatty
: 5' 6"; Junior

Jermyra Bethel
: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Jordan Brown
: Graduate Student

Kamille Cunningham
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Bella Martin
: 5' 6"; Junior

Eseose Okoduwa
: Senior

Ashley Sosa
: Senior

Triniti Muldrow-Green
: Freshman

Kennedy Wright
: Freshman

Alla Hutchins
: 5' 7"; Freshman